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1920

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1962

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Print, Zero. A Sixty-Five Pounder Opening Fire

This is a Print. It was created by James McBey. It is dated 1920 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is drypoint in dark brown ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Jules R. Breuchaud. It is credited Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 21.2 × 30.4 cm (8 3/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower right: McBey Jelil 19 September 1918 1920; signed in pen and black ink, lower right: Ja[?] McBey

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower left: X

Cite this object as

Print, Zero. A Sixty-Five Pounder Opening Fire; James McBey (Scottish, 1883–1959); drypoint in dark brown ink on paper; Platemark: 21.2 × 30.4 cm (8 3/8 × 11 15/16 in.); Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud; 1962-32-49

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