On a moonlight night a patrol is embarking at the northern edge of the Dead Sea. In the foreground are zinc boats abandoned by the Turks and rendered useless by their bayonet gashes. In the distance are the hills of Moab.
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Drawing for the drypoint titled, "The Dead Sea" (Hardie and Carter: H. 206).
Additional information accompanying item: Signed in ink "McBey Jericho, Palestine 23 March 1918."
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Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
