Strange signals

Title from item. Study for the etching of the same title (Hardie and Carter: H. 186). Additional information accompanying item: In this drawing there is a third camel and rider which does not appear in the etching. Signed lower right McBey. Date from item or from accompanying material. Done in 1917. McBey Hardie, Martin, Charles Carter. The etchings and drypoints of James McBey 1st ed. (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1991). The two guides in front of the Camel Patrol are riding across the desert side by side, gazing fixedly ahead. (In the distant mirage had appeared the passing semblance of smoke signals).