Repairing a Damaged Ship
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal and watercolor on paper board. The art depicts dock workers at the American Base Port in Marseille, France, who are repairing a damaged ship. Only the front hull of the ship is visible, with green, white, and black dazzle camouflage painted on it. There are large sections missing from the hull, which the workers are in the process of replacing. The workers are standing on three levels of scaffolding. A small boat with a black and white smoke stack is floating next to the workers. In the background there is a white building and an American flag is seen flying from the deck of another ship. 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25665
label: catalog number
content: 25665
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
label: Other Terms
content: Sketch; Charcoal; Watercolor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal; 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