Benachie
James McBey, American (born Scotland), 1883 - 1959
1911
Etching on laid paper
40
Image: 4 3/4 × 6 5/16 in. (12 × 16 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 7 7/8 in. (20.5 × 20 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
PR.954.20.361
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in plate, lower right: McBey 1911; signed, in black ink, lower center margin: James McBey; initialled, in black ink, lower left margin: JMB; inscribed, in black ink, lower right: Benachie
Provenance
Collected by Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York, 1951; given to present collection, 1954.
Catalogue Raisonne
M. Hardie, Etchings and Dry Points from 1902 to 1924 by James McBey, London, 1925, no. 90.
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