Dust, Beersheba
Photo Credit: photo: T. Rodriguez
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Dust, Beersheba
192020th century
230 x 393 mm (9.1 x 15.5 in.)
James McBey, British (Scottish), (1883–1959)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching
Edition:
Published American edition, no. A18; 5 trial proofs; 76 published impressions lettered A–F for Artist’s Proofs and numbered I–L for British edition, A1–A20 for American edition; plus additional unnumbered proof for British Museum
Marks:
Signed in plate, lower left: “McBey 1920”; inscribed in plate, lower center: “Beersheba November 1917”; signed in ink, lower right: “James McBey”
Bibliography:
Hardie 193; Salaman 189, plate l 93.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1945
Accession Number:
1945.D1.4
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Asia*,
Beersheba*,
Israel*,
Middle East*,
military,
Palestine (historical region)*,
war*,
World War I,
world wars*
- Asia - TGN 1000004
- Beersheba - TGN 7001378
- Israel - TGN 1000119
- Middle East - TGN 7001526 (general region). All DAC object records formerly indexed with term “West Asia” were revised in 2010 to “Middle East” (Eurocentric but standards-compliant); some future TGN revision that uses current preferred terms may support restoration of the better “West Asia.”
- military
- Palestine (historical region) - TGN 7004540
- war - From TGM: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm011468
- World War I
- world wars - Wars that involve most of the leading political and military powers of the world or most of the earth's territory. [July 1993 descriptor added.]
Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 230 x 393 mm (9.1 x 15.5 in.)
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Credit Caption
James McBey, British (Scottish), (1883–1959) . Dust, Beersheba, 1920. Etching. plate : 230 x 393 mm (9.1 x 15.5 in.). DAC accession number 1945.D1.4. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1945. (photo: T. Rodriguez) .