The arched doorway of a mosque, seen through another doorway. To the left, two beggars seated, wearing hooded jellabs; a third just seen in the gloom beyond. Just inside the arch, on the right, a standing figure, with a cat in front.
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 134
Additional information accompanying item: From the artist's personal collection. One of the Moroccan Set.
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Etched 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 (2). Work suggested above is bitten in and all the shadows darkened. The standing figure still shows white.
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