Strange signals

Strange signals

Item Information

Title:
Strange signals
Description:
The two guides in front of the Camel Patrol are riding across the desert side by side, gazing fixedly ahead. (In the distant mirage had appeared the passing semblance of smoke signals).
Artist:
McBey, James, 1883-1959
Name on Item:
James McBey
Date:
1919
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Deserts
Camels
Guides & scouts
Places:
Egypt > Janūb Sīnā' > Sinai (area)
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 23 x 40 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p84194073
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 186
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Etched in 1919.
Notes (citation):
Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Trial proof (6). A distant hill beyond the mirage on the extreme right has been burnished out.
Identifier:
17_06_000240
W. 1938 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000199568