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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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/p8419d31t
- 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: Signed McBey 19 July 1917. no.4 of the Western Front Set. Proof A 11 of the published edition.
Additional information on item: Plate destroyed.
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
- 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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Published state. The signature added along the lower edge, to left. Edition of 76 proofs: A, B, C, D, E, F for artist; I-L (British edition); A1-A20 (American edition); and three additional proofs: one unnumbered) for the Victoria and Albert Museum, and two (not numbered or signed in lower margin) printed for submission to Censor. In ink, on the face of one, "Censor," and, on the other, "Proof for Censor." The former bears inscription, "Passed by Censor. A.N. Lee, Major G.S., G.H.Q., Id., 30/4/17." The latter is in the V. & A.M. Proof C (B.M.).
- Identifier:
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17_06_000732
W. 206 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000008462
