Beggars, Tetuan (no.1)

Beggars, Tetuan (no.1)

Item Information

Title:
Beggars, Tetuan (no.1)
Description:
A view through a series of doorways, with a hanging lamp in the middle. On the right, two seated beggars back to back, one with a bowl, and another under a square doorway further on. After four trial proofs were printed this plate was abandoned in favour of "Beggars, Tetuan, No.2", the same subject reversed, with considerable variations.
Artist:
McBey, James, 1883-1959
Name on Item:
James McBey
Date:
1912
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Beggars
Doors & doorways
Passageways
Places:
Morocco > Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma (region) > Tétouan
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 14 x 12 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419815m
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 133
Additional information accompanying item: From the artist's personal collection.
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Etched in December, 1912.
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 (1). A dark scribble runs horizontally down the left edge of the square doorway.
Identifier:
17_06_000672
W. 752 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000192027