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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James 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/p8419b372
- 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: From the artist's own collection. Before the sky is completed and before small boat in centre in the distance.
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
Etched in 1921.
- 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 (1). The lines in the sky are open.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000319
W. 1540 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000199956
