Drawing for "Ras-el-Ain"
Item Information
- Title:
- Drawing for "Ras-el-Ain"
- Description:
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Ras-el-Ain, a fortress of the Crusaders, lies in the maritime plane a few miles north of Jaffa-Jerusalem road. During the summer of 1918 the front line of British forces ran to the north of the castle. The etching shows cavalry watering at a spring to the left of the fortress. High in the sky, shrapnel is bursting in the train of an aeroplane which is observing for the camouflaged artillery in the foreground to the right. (This subject was selected as a suitable introduction to a series of etchings dealing with the modern Crusade.)
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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McBey
- Date:
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1917
- Format:
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Drawings/Illustrations
- Genre:
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Ink drawings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Forts & fortifications
Hills
World War, 1914-1918
- Places:
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Palestine (area)
- Extent:
- 1 drawing : pen and ink ; sheet 25 x 39 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419h437
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Drawing for the etching titled, "Ras-el-Ain" (Hardie and Carter: H. 180).
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin. Etchings and drypoints from 1902 to 1924 by James McBey (London: P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., 1925) [MB].
- Identifier:
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17_06_000926
- Barcode:
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36666000010567
