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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.