The moonlight attack, Jelil
Item Information
- Title:
- The moonlight attack, Jelil
- Description:
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Highland troops of the 7th Division are lying concealed among the withered barley in No-man's-Land, on the maritime plain near Jelil, close to the wired Turkish redoubts seen on the ridge to the right. They are waiting in moonlight for the bombardment (see nest plate, "Zero") to open before dawn.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1920
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Warfare
Soldiers
World War, 1914-1918
- Places:
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Palestine (area)
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23 x 39 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8418v45p
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 200
Additional information accompanying item: The advance line of figures extends across the plate. Foul biting appears below feet of three figures to the right.
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
Etched in 1918 - published in 1920.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Trial proof (5). Some grasses, indicated with charcoal in the last proof, are now added in front of the second and third figures on the right; and additional "foul biting" below their feet.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000300
W. 2037 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000189726