Unloading Ship at Bassen Docks
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: A charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper of cranes unloaded a ship at Bassen Docks in Bordeaux, France. At top right is a crane lifting a camouflaged jeep. A white ship is in the background with a large smokestack at the left. There is a train locomotive in the left foreground bellowing smoke and two white horses, harnessed, standing in front of the train. Soldiers and workers are scattered around the ship and the docks, pushing carts, loading wagons, and observing the unloading. 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
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
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content: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25678
label: catalog number
content: 25678
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
label: Other Terms
content: Sketch; Charcoal; Watercolor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wash (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 23 in; 46.99 cm x 58.42 cm