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James McBey

Sunset, Wadi-um-Mukhsheib

Description

Maker

James McBey (Scottish, 1883-1959), designer

Title

Sunset, Wadi-um-Mukhsheib

Year

1917

Medium

  • etching,
  • drypoint

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching,
  • drypoint

Materials

etching, drypoint

Supports

  • Medium weight cream Whatman laid paper

Dimensions

17.6 x 33 cm (6 15/16 x 13 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:numbered in black ink in LL:XII; signed in LR:James McBey; titled in pencil in LL:M.H. 185. Sunset Wadi-um-Mukhsheib; numbered in LR:AH 1273 Verso:inscribed in pencil in LC:#37 R.J. Scolas Coll.In Plate--signed, titled, and dated in LR:James McBey Wadi-um-Mukhsheib July 1917 1419

Marks: Watermark:J WHATMAN

Identification

State

76

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.674

Type

  • Prints

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James McBey (Scottish, 1883-1959), designer
Sunset, Wadi-um-Mukhsheib, 1917
etching; drypoint
17.6 x 33 cm (6 15/16 x 13 inches) (plate)
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.674

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