Unloading the Lighters
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Watercolor on paper. The work depicts men unloading cargo at the American Base Port in Marseille, France. Two lighters (barges used to transport supplies and passengers to and from moored ships) are pictured carrying large quantities of cargo, which are being transferred to a building at the right under the supervision of a uniformed soldier. There is a small row boat at the front of the painting in which sit three men wearing brightly-colored clothing and head gear. 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: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseilles
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.25679
label: catalog number
content: 25679
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
label: Other Terms
content: Painting; Watercolor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 23 in; 45.72 cm x 58.42 cm