Albert
Item Information
- Title:
- Albert
- Description:
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The market-place among the ruins of Albert. In the foreground Tommies with their steel helmets, in a waste of mud and water. To the right, bare trees against the sky; and, in the centre, the ruins of the Cathedral, with the statue of the Virgin and Child hanging from the summit of the tower.
- 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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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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Cities & towns
War damage
Cathedrals
Soldiers
Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
World War, 1914-1918
Notre-Dame de Brebières (Church : Albert, France)
- Places:
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France > Hauts-de-France (region) > Albert
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 15 x 25 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419d277
- 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. 179
Additional information accompanying item: From the artist's personal collection. Before additional two figures inserted and foreground darkened.
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
Etched February, 1917.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin. Etchings and drypoints from 1902 to 1924 by James McBey (London: P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., 1925) [MB].
- Notes (object):
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Trial proof (1). There are only three figures, lightly sketched, in the central space in front of the tower, and the ground in front of them is almost white, with upright lines of shading.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000730
W. 1326 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000008447