351 Engrs. Versailles, France, railway marshalling yard, 1944

Original pen and ink and wash sketch, signed and dated by Stevenson, of a soldier working in a blacksmith shop. Notation on back: Jacksons' blacksmith sop on French railway truck. Parts of track, tools, equipment are made her next to the job. Original pen and ink and wash sketch, signed and dated by Stevenson, of a soldier working in a blacksmith shop. Notation on back: Jacksons' blacksmith sop on French railway truck. Parts of track, tools, equipment are made her next to the job. Stevenson enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in July 1941. He was one of the original soldier-artists at Fort Belvoir, VA. before accepting a position as a war artist in May 1943. In 1944 he was in southern England covering the preparations for the Normandy invasion and later depicted war damage in France and Germany. Gift of the artist, 1994.