El Soko

Title from catalogue raisonné. Hardie and Carter: H. 135 Additional information accompanying item: Signed (very faintly, in centre below) James McBey Tetuan 23 December 1913 (in error for 1912). One of the Moroccan Set. Proof numbered XII of the published edition of 80 proofs. Date from catalogue raisonné. James McBey Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco. A view of the large market-place of Tetuan. White buildings in sunshine, one with a square tower rising above the rest, fill all the background; on the right the kasbah shows on a hill. In the market are crowds of Arabs, some with donkeys and mules; in the foreground are women with large hats.