Charcoal with brush and ink wash. Horizontal landscape format. Several buildings and trees in background; four pieces of field artillery going into action. Soldiers standing at each canon. Pile of shot on the ground in the left of the sketch. Sketch done on white wove paper mounted on beige card with decorative ruled lines in graphite on the mount.
A charcoal sketch on paper of Flirey, France during World War I. In this busy scene, American soldiers are working at pulling down the wall of a damaged building.
Charcoal sketch on paper of a tank demonstration for the General Staff College. A large group of American soldiers, members of a tank battalion, march down a hill carrying their guns and bayonets as four light tanks advance in the same direction in the distance. There is a large cloud of smoke hovering in the air in the distance and a large hole in the ground, possibly a shell hole, in the foreground.
Oil painting on canvas. Camouflaged Renault T17 with camouflaged ball crossing a trench in foreground. Camouflaged Renault T17 in left background. Grey smoke above in top left background.
A mixed media sketch on paper of locomotive shop at Nevers, France during World War I. A large building composed of arched segments frames the right side of this drawing. In the foreground, soldiers (most likely French and American) are pushing a cart near a track switch. The scene is crowded with items typical of a rail yard: a locomotive, a construction crane, and lots of railroad track.
Pencil and crayon sketch on paper. The work is a view of the railroad yards at Is-sur-Tille, France. Long, low buildings are depicted in the middle ground. Divisional files indicate that the artist noted "Fifty miles of railroad track, combined with barracks and warehouses, cover several square miles in this area."
Ink wash sketch on paper, of a street lined by ruined buildings. The view is from the inside of a shell-torn building and looks to the opposite side of the street. A woman, stooped and holding the hand of a small child, passes an American soldier in the street.
Charcoal sketch on paper of a mined road near Buzancy, France. The sketch shows a large crater, created by shell fire, that is partially filled with water. Two American soldiers stand on the lip of the crater. There are bare trees that surround the hole, and in the background there are houses.
A mixed media drawing on white textured paper showing a pontoon bridge crossing in Château-Thierry. There are five pontoon boats serving as a base for a temporary bridge. Horse-drawn supply wagons cross the bridge against the backdrop of a village.
A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of a view of Chaumont, France. The twin spires belong to the Basilique St. Jean Baptiste (Basilica of John the Baptist). The right of the spires, atop a hill, is the remains of the castle of the Counts of Champagne.
Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts a field hospital near Château-Thierry, France. The field hospital, comprised of a number of white tents, is on the right. An ambulance and several people are in the adjacent road, which runs behind several permanent buildings. Two soldiers are sitting under a tree on the left.
Ink wash sketch on white paper. The work depicts a lock on the Rhone Canal in German Alsace. A German village is visible on the left. A Chauchat gun emplacement manned by two allied soldiers is on the right.
Charcoal, pencil, and ink wash drawing on white card stock. The work depicts the interior of a locomotive shop near St. Nazaire, France. Men are working on the engines in the shop.
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"
Pencil, charcoal, and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts a kitchen in Andilly, France during World War I. Two soldiers are cooking on a wagon stove in the center of what appears to be a the interior of a barn or a store room.
Colored sketch on white paper, mounted on thick paper. Sketch shows a barn on the right and some houses on the left separated by a dirt road in the foreground, and a village with a church in the background. There is a horse and a wagon in front of the barn.
Pencil, charcoal, and watercolor sketch on paper. In this scene from the First World War, a regiment of soldiers stops for mess at Pagny-sur-Meuse, France. A large group of soldiers is assembled outdoors of what appears to be a complex of farm buildings.