The Somme front
Item Information
- Title:
- The Somme front
- Description:
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Ragged tree stumps and a shell-hole, full of water, represent what was once the village of Combles. Against the sky on the left are two heavy guns, with camouflage netting over them.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1917
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Drypoints
- 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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War
Battlefields
Artillery (Weaponry)
Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
World War, 1914-1918
- Places:
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France > Hauts-de-France (region) > Combles
- Extent:
- 1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 17 x 37 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419051t
- 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. 174
Additional information accompanying item: One of the Western Front Set. Two figures added to foreground at left of plate and stump added to right foreground.
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
Etched in 1917.
- 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 (2). A figure, three-quarter length, cut by the lower edge of the plate, added below the tallest tree.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000706
W. 1762 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000008678
