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Watercolor and charcoal sketch of a busy dock with a steamship, horses and carts, a gantry crane, and workers unloading cargo.

Unloading Ship at Bassen Docks, 1919 watercolor sketch

A dockside scene shows workers and horse-drawn carts beside a steamship with a tall funnel and smoke plume. A gantry crane and a truck stand at right, with a second vessel and figures on the quay behind. Watercolor and charcoal on paper.

Artist
Aylward
Date
1919
Medium
paper (overall material) watercolor (overall production method/technique) charcoal (overall production method/technique) wash (overall produ
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
3999 × 3289 px
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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