Unloading Ship at Bassen Docks
Unloading Ship at Bassen Docks
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- Description
- 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"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Sketch
- Other Terms
- Sketch; Charcoal; Watercolor
- date made
- 1919
- artist
- Aylward, William James
- place made
- France
- depicted
- France: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bordeaux
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- wash (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 1/2 in x 23 in; 46.99 cm x 58.42 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25678
- catalog number
- 25678
- accession number
- 64592
- World War I
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Naval
- Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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