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McBey Likes Needle Better: Trading Ideas with Scotch Portrait Painter and Etcher (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
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McBey Likes Needle Better: Trading Ideas with Scotch Portrait Painter and Etcher (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)

Associated (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1929
Object NameNewspaper Cutting
Mediumpaper and ink
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions44.8 x 30cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008292.125
About MeTwo copies of a cutting from the Chicago Evening Post, Magazine of the Art World, dated Tuesday 19 November 1929, with article, "McBey Likes Needle Better: Trading Ideas with Scotch Portrait Painter and Etcher" by Inez Cunningham.

The cutting is kept within a portfolio of articles and cuttings that belonged to James McBey, which he kept because they were of interest.

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 newspaper cutting.
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1959
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1926
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1959
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James McBey
1920
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James McBey
1929
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1929
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Rinaldo and the Hermit by Gianbattista Tiepolo (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
c. 1930
Image Not Available for Rinaldo and the Armida in the Garden by Gianbattista Tiepolo (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
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James McBey
c. 1930
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Cutty Sark Scotch Whiskey (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
n.d.
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A Chat to the Print Lover (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1930
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Cuttings from The New York Herald Tribune, 7 February 1932 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1932
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James McBey
1930s
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James McBey
1930s
Image Not Available for Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, January 5 1930 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, January 5 1930 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1930
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James McBey
1930
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Cutting from The New York Times Book Magazine, 25 October 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1931
Image Not Available for Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, 29 November 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, 29 November 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1931
Image Not Available for Cutting from The New York Times Book Magazine, 11 October 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
Cutting from The New York Times Book Magazine, 11 October 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1931
Image Not Available for Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, 22 November 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, 22 November 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1931
Image Not Available for Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, 20 September 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, 20 September 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1931
Image Not Available for Cutting from The New York Times Magazine, 20 September 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
Cutting from The New York Times Magazine, 20 September 1931 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
James McBey
1931