From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Copper Plate for "Somme Front" and "Rouen"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1983.211
People: James McBey, British (Aberdeen, Scotland 1883 - 1959 Tanger, Al Maghrib)
Title: Copper Plate for "Somme Front" and "Rouen"
Classification: Artists' Tools
Work Type: printing plate
Date: c. 1916
Culture: British, Scottish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/295077

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Copper plate with drypoint and etched lines
Technique: Etching and drypoint
Dimensions: 17.2 x 37 cm (6 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Daniel Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Professor Daniel Bell in honor of Marjorie Cohn
Accession Year: 1983
Object Number: 1983.211
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Exhibition History

Critical Printing, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/05/2020

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