Portrait of James McBey's Mother (Early Photographs & Sketches)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown Photographer
Artist
James McBey
(Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1900 - 1906
Mediumphotograph
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions5.7 x 3.6cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008301.53
Keywords
No one will weep
Or sigh that I had gone.
One half the uncaring world will sleep,
The other struggle on.
This is shocking in itself, but more so because Annie died by hanging herself in the cellar of the Union Grove apartment she shared with her son and mother on 11 December 1906. But considering she had been almost completely blind for at least fifteen years and had no friends who could have helped her read let alone cut out such a newspaper clipping, it is fairly certain that Annie had intended to die in this way for a very long time.
Unknown Photographer
c.1872
Unknown Photographer
1900 - 1924
Unknown Photographer
1909
Unknown Photographer
c.1909
Unknown Photographer
c.1909
