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Image Not Available for Autobiographical Newspaper Article by James McBey (Personal Correspondence)
Autobiographical Newspaper Article by James McBey (Personal Correspondence)
Image Not Available for Autobiographical Newspaper Article by James McBey (Personal Correspondence)

Autobiographical Newspaper Article by James McBey (Personal Correspondence)

Author (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Daten.d.
Object NameNewspaper Article
Mediumtypewritten
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions35 x 18.8cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008319.136
Keywords
About MeAutobiographical newspaper article by James McBey, titled "My first prints were made on the household mangle. But I once was sent to London with a fortune in gold". Newspaper and date unknown.

The article is regarding how McBey "overcame the early handicaps of poverty" to become "one of the greatest living etchers".

This object is part of a collection of personal correspondence to and from James McBey.

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 article.
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Wonderful Prices for a Living Etcher's Work: Fine Examples of the Art of James McBey (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1926
Image Not Available for Letter from James McBey to The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
Letter from James McBey to The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
James McBey
1921
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A Great Etcher's Vision of Venice: New Work by James McBey (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
c. 1930
Image Not Available for 'Some Contemporary Etchers', Aberdeen Free Press (Scrapbook Belonging to James McBey)
'Some Contemporary Etchers', Aberdeen Free Press (Scrapbook Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
1910
Image Not Available for 'Etchers and Etching', the Scotsman (Scrapbook Belonging to James McBey)
'Etchers and Etching', the Scotsman (Scrapbook Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
1909
Image Not Available for Newspaper Clipping from The Times, 8 August 1952 (Personal Correspondence)
Newspaper Clipping from The Times, 8 August 1952 (Personal Correspondence)
James McBey
1952
Image Not Available for Letter from W. Gordon to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
Letter from W. Gordon to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
James McBey
1911
Image Not Available for Letters Between James McBey and The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
Letters Between James McBey and The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
James McBey
1911
Image Not Available for Letter from J. Harvey Loutit to James McBey, with Newspaper Cutting (Personal Correspondence)
Letter from J. Harvey Loutit to James McBey, with Newspaper Cutting (Personal Correspondence)
James McBey
1951
Image Not Available for Letter to James McBey from the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
Letter to James McBey from the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
James McBey
1920
Image Not Available for Letter from J. F. Badeley to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
Letter from J. F. Badeley to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
James McBey
Image Not Available for Letter from Martin Hardie to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
Letter from Martin Hardie to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
James McBey
1911
Image Not Available for Selection of Newspaper Clippings (Personal Correspondence)
Selection of Newspaper Clippings (Personal Correspondence)
James McBey
n.d.
Image Not Available for Newspaper Clipping on the Biographies of Lytton Strachey and Augustus John (Notes on Autobiography Manuscript)
Newspaper Clipping on the Biographies of Lytton Strachey and Augustus John (Notes on Autobiography Manuscript)
James McBey
n.d.
Image Not Available for Postcard from Martin Hardie to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
Postcard from Martin Hardie to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
James McBey
1911
Image Not Available for James McBey, Etcher (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey, Etcher (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1944
Image Not Available for Two Newspaper Clippings from The Times, 18 and 19 August 1952 (Personal Correspondence)
Two Newspaper Clippings from The Times, 18 and 19 August 1952 (Personal Correspondence)
James McBey
1952
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McBey Likes Needle Better: Trading Ideas with Scotch Portrait Painter and Etcher (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1929
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James McBey Etcher (Memorabilia after 1959 Related to James McBey)
James McBey
1944
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How I Began by James McBey (Famous Artist) (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
n.d.
Image Not Available for The Prospects of Christianity by George Bernard Shaw (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
The Prospects of Christianity by George Bernard Shaw (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1928
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The Revolt Against Marriage by George Bernard Shaw (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1928
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How to Read the Gospels by George Bernard Shaw (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1928
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Peter Scott Signs Special Book... by Andrew Mackay (Memorabilia after 1959 Related to James McBey)
James McBey
1961