James McBey
Palestine - Blue Bonnets O'er the Border
About this artwork
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artist:James McBey (1883 - 1959) Scottish
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title:Palestine - Blue Bonnets O'er the Border
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date created:1920
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materials:Etching
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measurements:Plate size: 17.50 x 31.50 cm; sheet size: 27.00 x 40.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by Mr A.T. Clark 2005; received 2009
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accession number:GMA 5101
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James McBey
James McBey
Self-taught as an artist, McBey was born in Newburgh near Aberdeen. He worked as a bank clerk from the age of fifteen, learning about art from books. After reading about etching, he became interested in printmaking, producing his first prints using a domestic mangle and building his own printing...