Floating Crane Lightening a Ship
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal and watercolor painting on paper board. The work depicts the American Base Port at Marseille, France. In the foreground is a small rowboat with three men in it. A man wearing a red shirt is rowing the boat, a man with a blue shirt is sitting in the center of the boat, and a man in a white shirt is standing next to a green box at the back of the boat. In the background of the painting is the floating crane, which is working on a large ship with multi-colored dazzle camouflage. The ship is only partially visible at the center of the painting and fades out at the sides. 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.25673
label: catalog number
content: 25673
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
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