American Schooners
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper board. The work depicts American schooners in the harbor at Marseille in France. Multiple boats are docked at the harbor and men are working along the docks and on the boats. There are several white buildings in the background. Blue sky shows through the masts and sails of the schooners. 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: 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.25644
label: catalog number
content: 25644
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