At dawn on November 22nd, 1917, British troops who had sheltered for the night in an old Turkish trench on the ridge of Nebi Samwil obtain the first sight of Jerusalem, whose domes and minarets are seen faintly along the distant sky-line. Further off, in the centre, is the Mount of Olives. The smoke of an exploded shrapnel-shell hangs dark in the air, and another shell has burst down the ridge to the right.
Hardie, Martin. Etchings and drypoints from 1902 to 1924 by James McBey (London: P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., 1925)
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Published state. The signature added. Edition of 76 proofs: A, B, C, D, E, F for artist; I-L (British edition); A1-A20 (American edition); and two additional proofs (unnumbered) for the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, marked "B. M." and "V. & A.M." respectively.