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Photo Credit: photo: T. Rodriguez
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The First Sight of Jerusalem. Nebi Samwil (No. 2)
192020th century
252 x 450 mm (9.9 x 17.7 in.)
James McBey, British (Scottish), (1883–1959)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching
Edition:
Published American edition, no. A4; 7 trial proofs and 78 published impressions
Marks:
Signed in ink, lower right: “James McBey”; signed in plate, lower left: “Nebi Samwill 22 November 1917 McBey 1920”
Bibliography:
Hardie 197; Salaman 197.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1945
Accession Number:
1945.D1.6
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: 252 x 450 mm (9.9 x 17.7 in.)
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Credit Caption
James McBey, British (Scottish), (1883–1959) . The First Sight of Jerusalem. Nebi Samwil (No. 2), 1920. Etching. plate : 252 x 450 mm (9.9 x 17.7 in.). DAC accession number 1945.D1.6. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1945. (photo: T. Rodriguez) .