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/p8418v477
- 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: Signed James McBey 19 September 1918 Jelil, 1920. The signature added. Proof No. A 16 of the published edition of 76 proofs.
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
- 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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Published state. The signature, etc. , added. Edition of 76 proofs: A, B, C, D, E, F for artist; I-L (British edition); A1-A20 (American edition); and two additional proofs (unnumbered) for the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, marked B. M. and V. A. M. respectively.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000301
W. 539 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000189734
