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Image Not Available for Fish Market (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Fish Market (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Image Not Available for Fish Market (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)

Fish Market (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)

Artist (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1955
Object NameSketch
Mediumpaper and ink
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions12.5 × 17.7cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008326.10
About MeSketch depicting three figures working at a fish market, possibly in Aberdeen, drawn by James McBey. It is kept within a sketchbook used by McBey to sketch areas of Scotland and Holland Park Avenue, London in 1955, along with a series of other related drawings.

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 sketch.
Image Not Available for Aberdeen Fish Market (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Aberdeen Fish Market (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Aberdeen Fish Market (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Aberdeen Fish Market (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Aberdeen Fish Market (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Aberdeen Fish Market (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for 1 Holland Park Avenue, London (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
1 Holland Park Avenue, London (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Crathes Castle, Sunday (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Crathes Castle, Sunday (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Figures Chatting (recto), Seagulls (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Figures Chatting (recto), Seagulls (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Views from the Orontes (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Views from the Orontes (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Off Sagres 9.35am and aprroaching Hartel 5.52pm 9 September 1955 (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Off Sagres 9.35am and aprroaching Hartel 5.52pm 9 September 1955 (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Bridge (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Bridge (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Invercauld 13 August 1955 (recto) Sketch, Landscape (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Invercauld 13 August 1955 (recto) Sketch, Landscape (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Between Braemar and Balmoral (recto), Police Noitce' No Parking', Balmoral (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Between Braemar and Balmoral (recto), Police Noitce' No Parking', Balmoral (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Harbour (recto), Boats Nearing Shore (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Harbour (recto), Boats Nearing Shore (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Nigg Church (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Nigg Church (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Macduff from Banff Side (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Macduff from Banff Side (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Beside Gadie, Saturday (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Beside Gadie, Saturday (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Bawtry, Wednesday (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Bawtry, Wednesday (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Bawtry (recto) Two Ladies at Bawtry (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Bawtry (recto) Two Ladies at Bawtry (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Church (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Church (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for Section of Building (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
Section of Building (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for At Selfridges and Ladbroke Grove (recto), Orontes 7 & 8 September 1955 (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
At Selfridges and Ladbroke Grove (recto), Orontes 7 & 8 September 1955 (verso) (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Image Not Available for St James' Episcopal Church, Cruden and Near Port Erroll (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
St James' Episcopal Church, Cruden and Near Port Erroll (Sketchbook - Scotland and Holland Park Avenue)
James McBey
1955
Market Scene (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
Market Scene (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
James McBey
1935
Image Not Available for Male Figures with Baseball Caps (Sketchbook - USA)
Male Figures with Baseball Caps (Sketchbook - USA)
James McBey
1944-1945
Image Not Available for Men at Work in the Fields (Sketchbook - USA)
Men at Work in the Fields (Sketchbook - USA)
James McBey
1944-1945