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Salaman, M., 'Modern Masters of Etching, James McBey'
Image Not Available for Salaman, M., 'Modern Masters of Etching, James McBey'

Salaman, M., 'Modern Masters of Etching, James McBey'

Subject (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Author
Date1924
Object NameBook
Mediumpaper leather
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions25.5 x 31 x 1.8cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017770
Keywords
About Me'Modern Masters of Etching, James McBey, Number Two', written by Malcolm C. Salaman (1924). The book is a different edition to ABDAG008352. The book is bound in leather, and features the following handwriting on the inside page:

"To Jimmy
From Annie
Xmas 1925!"

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 book.
Image Not Available for Salaman, M., 'Modern Masters of Etching, James McBey'
Salaman, M., 'Modern Masters of Etching, James McBey'
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1962
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1959
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Kenneth Rowntree
1938
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Paul Nash
1927
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Fred Watson
1982
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Bruce McLean
1985
Image Not Available for Two Copies of the Print Collector's Quarterly, Volume 25, Number 4, December 1938
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James McBey
1938
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Harold H. Kynett
1948
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James McBey
1940
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Harold H. Kynett
1951
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The Face of Change
Harold H. Kynett
1960
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Newspaper Clipping on the Biographies of Lytton Strachey and Augustus John (Notes on Autobiography Manuscript)
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n.d.
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Draft of Introduction (Items Relating to the Publication of 'The Early Life of James McBey')
James McBey
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Display Card Relating to Manuscript of Autobiography
James McBey
n.d.
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McBey's Book of Quotations
James McBey
1925 - 1949