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Photo Credit: photo: T. Rodriguez
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The Advance on Jerusalem—Wadi Ali
192020th century
201 x 353 mm (7.9 x 13.9 in.)
James McBey, British (Scottish), (1883–1959)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching
Edition:
Published American edition, no. A18; 8 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 an unnumbered proof for the British Museum
Marks:
Signed in plate, lower left: “McBey Amwas 30 November 1917 1920” signed in ink: “James McBey”
Bibliography:
Hardie 198; Salaman 198.
Credit Line:
Bequest of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1953
Accession Number:
1953.D1.118
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Asia*,
Israel*,
Jerusalem*,
Middle East*,
military,
Palestine (historical region)*,
war*,
World War I,
world wars*
- Asia - TGN 1000004
- Israel - TGN 1000119
- Jerusalem - TGN 7001371
- 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: 201 x 353 mm (7.9 x 13.9 in.)
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Credit Caption
James McBey, British (Scottish), (1883–1959) . The Advance on Jerusalem—Wadi Ali, 1920. Etching. plate : 201 x 353 mm (7.9 x 13.9 in.). DAC accession number 1953.D1.118. Bequest of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1953. (photo: T. Rodriguez) .