A deserted oasis

Title from catalogue raisonné. Hardie and Carter: H. 187 Additional information accompanying item: From the Artist's personal collection. Printed lighter. Date from item or from accompanying material. Etched at Sinai, July 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 arrived at its destination, a few mud buildings and a Roman ruin in a deserted oasis. Two Bedouins on the right are looking at the newly-formed camp; men and camels are in the centre; on the left, a single camel is kneeling and another lies with its head stretched out on the ground.