The Dead Sea
Item Information
- Title:
- The Dead Sea
- Description:
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On a moonlight night a patrol is embarking at the northern edge of the Dead Sea. In the foreground are zinc boats abandoned by the Turks and rendered useless by their bayonet gashes. In the distance are the hills of Moab.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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McBey
- Date:
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1921
- 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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Lakes & ponds
Boats
Hills
World War, 1914-1918
- Places:
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Dead Sea (salt lake)
Jericho
- Extent:
- 1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 20 x 30 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419b01p
- 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. 206
Additional information accompanying item: Signed McBey 23 March 1918 1921. Proof no.A16 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 added. Edition of 76 proofs: A, B, C, D, E, F for artist: I-L (British edition); A1-A20 (American edition), and one additional proof (unnumbered) for the British Museum, marked B.M.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000320
W. 540 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000199964
