A deserted oasis

Title from catalogue raisonné. Hardie and Carter: H. 187 Additional information accompanying item: Done at Sinai July, 1917. Published in 1919. On the left, a single camel is kneeling and another lies with its head stretched out on the ground. One with the head up in back of this second. Date from item or from accompanying material. Done at Sinai, July 1917. Published in 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.