Fleshmarket Close

Fleshmarket Close

Item Information

Title:
Fleshmarket Close
Description:
A single dark figure walks forward along the narrow street. All in shadow except where the light is seen through the square archway at the end.
Artist:
McBey, James, 1883-1959
Name on Item:
McBey
Date:
1905
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Alleys
Buildings
Places:
Scotland > Edinburgh (county) > Edinburgh
Fleshmarket Close
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 19 x 13 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419b97h
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 38
Additional information accompanying item: Signed (in centre) McBey March 1905, (to right) Fleshmarket Close. Proof from artist's personal collection.
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Only state, 2 proofs.
Identifier:
17_06_000028
W. 1146 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000191045