Coaling a Transport at Night
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1919
name: label: artist
content: Aylward, William James
notes: label: Description
content: Oil painting on paper board. The work depicts a large transport ship, possibly the U.S.S. Leviathan, in harbor at Brest at night with lights coming off the side of the boat illuminating a number of smaller boats that have rowed up next to it. The smaller boats are loading coal into the transport ship. The transport ship has three smokestacks that are emitting smoke. Vague structures can be seen in the background, possibly cranes and other ships. The sky and water are dark blue with orange light reflecting on the water. Signed at bottom right by the artist, "W.J. Aylward." The painting is damaged slightly at the bottom center where it appears a label has been removed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: place made
content: France
label: depicted
content: France: Brittany, Brest
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.25652
label: catalog number
content: 25652
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
label: Other Terms
content: Painting; Oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: painted (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 30 in; 60.96 cm x 76.2 cm