Ras-el-Ain
Item Information
- Title:
- Ras-el-Ain
- Description:
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Ras-el-Ain, a fortress of the Crusaders, lies in the maritime plane a few miles north of Jaffa-Jerusalem road. During the summer of 1918 the front line of British forces ran to the north of the castle. The etching shows cavalry watering at a spring to the left of the fortress. High in the sky, shrapnel is bursting in the train of an aeroplane which is observing for the camouflaged artillery in the foreground to the right. (This subject was selected as a suitable introduction to a series of etchings dealing with the modern Crusade.)
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1918–1919
- 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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Forts & fortifications
Hills
World War, 1914-1918
- Places:
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Palestine (area)
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 20 x 33 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419d33c
- 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. 180
Additional information accompanying item: From the artist's personal collection.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
Etched in 191[8] - published in 1919.
- 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). The sky is clear; the aeroplane and shrapnel not yet introduced.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000733
W. 1310 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000008470
