The Bassens Docks
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Watercolor and charcoal on paper. The work depicts the Bassens Docks at Bordeaux, France. The docks are busy with dock workers and soldiers in uniform. A large orange building is pictured at the right of the painting with the number "7" painted on the front of the building in white. There are several large orange cylinders lying on the dock. Several large ships are docked to the left of the painting and cranes are transfering supplies to and from the ships. There are several plumes of dark smoke rising from smoke stacks, and blue sky and white clouds are visible through the smoke. 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.25670
label: catalog number
content: 25670
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Other Terms
content: Painting; Watercolor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal; watercolor (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 20 in; 33.02 cm x 50.8 cm