Floating Crane
date: label: date made
content: 1919
label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Mixed media drawing on paper. The work depicts a ship with a crane, known as a "floating crane," at the Cassatt Bassens Docks in Bourdeaux, France. The deck of the floating crane is loaded with supplies and men. The crane is in the process of loading a piece of field artillery onto a large white boat. The boat appears to have green dazzle camouflage visible on the hull. There are other buildings and ships in the background. The sky is full of clouds with only partial spots of blue showing through. Signed at bottom right by the artist, "W.J. Aylward, A.E.F. '19."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: depicted
content: France: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bordeaux
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25657
label: catalog number
content: 25657
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
label: Object Name
content: sketch
label: Other Terms
content: Sketch; Documents; Etching
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal; watercolor; crayon (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 20 in x 1/32 in; 35.56 cm x 50.8 cm x .0762 cm