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Image Not Available for House with Notes (recto), Aerial Sketch (verso) (Sketchbook - USA)
House with Notes (recto), Aerial Sketch (verso) (Sketchbook - USA)
Image Not Available for House with Notes (recto), Aerial Sketch (verso) (Sketchbook - USA)

House with Notes (recto), Aerial Sketch (verso) (Sketchbook - USA)

Artist (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1944-1945
Object NameSketch
Mediumpaper and pencil
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions12.8 × 19.5cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008328.28
About MeSketch depicting a house with notes regarding the number of bedrooms, garden acres and energy supply, drawn by James McBey. It is kept within a sketchbook used by McBey to sketch areas of the United States of America between 1944 and 1945, 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.