The desert of Sinai (no.2)

Title from catalogue raisonné. Hardie and Carter: H. 184 Additional information accompanying item: From the artist's personal collection. Date from item or from accompanying material. Done in July, 1917 - published in 1919. James McBey Hardie, Martin. Etchings and drypoints from 1902 to 1924 by James McBey (London: P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., 1925) [MB]. The Camel Patrol is crossing the Desert of Sinai between hills of drifting sand. (Their route is that over which the Turks retreated to Beersheba after their unsuccessful attack on the Suez Canal.) In the foreground a single rider is passing the skeleton of a camel lying, to his right, on the sand. In the middle distance, the patrol of six riders, and two guides further in front.