cover image: Sunset: Wadi-um-Mukhsheib

Sunset: Wadi-um-Mukhsheib

1917

Title from catalogue raisonné. Hardie and Carter: H. 185 Additional information accompanying item: Signed James McBey Wadi-um-Muksheib July 1917, 1919. Proof no. A18 of published edition of 76 proofs. Date from item or from accompanying material. 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_000235, W. 461; Local barcode: 36666000199519
Rights
All rights reserved. Copyright (c) James McBey
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/fb1df124393c32c6189cad0440764876

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