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Creator:
Print made by James McBey, 1883–1959
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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Link:
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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