Functions of Combat, c.1945 (charcoal & w/c on paper)

One of a set (see 425190-97, 425199, 424798-99) of original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a New York artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwell's drawings.