Print made by James McBey, 1883–1959, British, Zero - a 65 Pounder Opening Fire, 1920
- Title:
- Zero - a 65 Pounder Opening Fire
- Date:
- 1920
- Materials & Techniques:
- Drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 5/8 inches (24.4 × 37.1 cm), Image: 8 1/4 × 12 inches (21 × 30.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen, lower left: "XXIV"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Zero | a | 60 pounder | opening | fire"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "a69170 | 0SX"
Lettered inside image, lower right: "McBey Jelil 19 September 1918 1920"
Signed in pen, lower right: "James McBey"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
- Copyright Status:
- © Estate of the Artist
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.1264
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- artillery | military art | noise | soldiers | war | world war | World War, 1914-1918
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23247
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The gun is opening fire at 'zero' hour before dawn. Gallery label for Doomed Youth The Poetry and the Pity of World War I (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-06-22 - 1999-09-26)
Doomed Youth The Poetry and the Pity of World War I (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-06-22 - 1999-09-26) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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