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James McBey Painting a Mother and Child (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey Painting a Mother and Child (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey Painting a Mother and Child (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)

James McBey Painting a Mother and Child (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)

Owner (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Datec. 1915
Object NamePhotograph
Mediumphotograph
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions8 x 13.9cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1983 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG000686.19
About MeBlack and white photograph depicting James McBey painting an unidentified mother and child. The photograph is kept within a hardback photograph album, with faux leather overlay, along with a series of other related images.

This object is part of an archive that belonged to Marguerite McBey. As a result of her generosity, Aberdeen Art Gallery holds the largest archive of James McBey's work, including prints, drawings, sketchbooks, oil paintings and memorabilia such as this photograph.
James McBey Painting a Mother and Child (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey Painting a Mother and Child (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
c.1915
Children Reading (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
Children Reading (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
c. 1919
Mother and Child (Sketchbook - War)
Mother and Child (Sketchbook - War)
James McBey
1918
Group Pulling a Cart (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
Group Pulling a Cart (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
c. 1919
Agnes Geddes, the Artist's Mother
Agnes Geddes, the Artist's Mother
Andrew Geddes
1822
Image Not Available for Mother and Child
Mother and Child
Joseph B. Edwards
1961
Mother and Child & Swans on River by James McBey
Mother and Child & Swans on River
James McBey
1925 - 1949
Mother and Child
Mother and Child
Barbara Greg
A Guitarist - Study for "Life Among the Gypsies" & verso Mother and Child - for "A Highland Interior"
A Guitarist - Study for "Life Among the Gypsies" & verso Mother and Child - for "A Highland Interior"
John Phillip
1852
Study of Mother and Child
Study of Mother and Child
John Phillip
Image Not Available for Study of Mother with Child
Study of Mother with Child
John Phillip
Image Not Available for Study of a Mother with Child
Study of a Mother with Child
John Phillip
Mother and Child - Study for "A Highland Interior" and verso Sketch for a Composition
Mother and Child - Study for "A Highland Interior" and verso Sketch for a Composition
John Phillip
1855
Image Not Available for A Mother Presenting a Child to its Grandfather
A Mother Presenting a Child to its Grandfather
John Phillip
c. 1847
Image Not Available for Boxed PRAMaLARM (Pram Alarm)
Boxed PRAMaLARM (Pram Alarm)
1950s
The Mother's Kiss
The Mother's Kiss
William Strang
1900-1921
Mother's Joy
Mother's Joy
David Adolph Constant Artz
1868
The Mother
The Mother
William Lee Hankey
The Little Mother
The Little Mother
James Dickson Innes
Soldier, Woman And Children
Soldier, Woman And Children
William Williams
The Recovery Of The Stolen Child by Sir William Allan
The Recovery of the Stolen Child
Sir William Allan
1841
Man With Woman And Child At Window by Sir David Wilkie RA
Man with Woman and Child at Window
Sir David Wilkie
1829
Virgin Suckling The Child by Albrecht Durer
Virgin Suckling the Child
Albrecht Dürer
1503
Family
Family
William Williams