cover image: Sunset: Wadi-um-Mukhsheib

Sunset: Wadi-um-Mukhsheib

1917

Title from catalogue raisonné. Hardie and Carter: H. 185 Additional information accompanying item: From the artists personal collection. Printed in sepia. Date from item or from accompanying material. Etched in 1917.-Published 1919. James McBey Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco. The Camel Patrol has halted for the night; its caravanserai the bed of a wadi (dry watercourse). The camels, unsaddled, are resting on the sand; men are preparing the evening meal; and a sentinel has mounted guard on a ridge to the right of two trees.
deserts camels world war, 1914-1918 guards

Authors

McBey, James, 1883-1959

Collection
James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
Format
Prints Etchings
Pages
1 print : etching ; plate mark 18 x 33 cm
Place Discussed
Sinai, Egypt
Provider
Digital Commonwealth
Published in
Egypt
Reference
Local other: 17_06_000233, W. 1317; Local barcode: 36666000199493
Rights
All rights reserved. Copyright (c) James McBey
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/7090c7f41c173e73b53abbd459e640ea

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