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Image Not Available for Letter from W. Gordon to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
Letter from W. Gordon to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)
Image Not Available for Letter from W. Gordon to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)

Letter from W. Gordon to James McBey (Correspondence with The Royal Society of Painters and Etchers)

Recipient (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Sender
Date1911
Object NameLetter
Mediumpaper and ink
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions25.6 × 20.4cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG009096.4
Keywords
About MeLetter from W. Gordon, Secretary for the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers to James McBey, dated 9 December 1911. In it Gordon informs McBey that after a meeting of the Council it was decided by ballot that he would not be elected as an associate of the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers. Gordon then offers to return the work McBey had sent in to support his application.

The letter consists of one sheet handwritten.

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 letter.
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James McBey
1911
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1911
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James McBey
1921
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James McBey
1920
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James McBey
1911
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James McBey
n.d.
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James McBey
c. 1911
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c. 1930
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James McBey
1926
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'Some Contemporary Etchers', Aberdeen Free Press (Scrapbook Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
1910
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'Etchers and Etching', the Scotsman (Scrapbook Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
1909
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"An Etcher's Impressions of Morocco", Essay by William Hutcheon (Notes and Letters for "An Artist's Wanderings" by W. J. Hutcheon)
James McBey
n.d.
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James McBey
1929
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James McBey
1952
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1959
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James McBey
1952
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Correspondence from Leslie Tait, Foveran School Board, to James McBey, Early Paper Ephemera
James McBey
1899
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James McBey
1899
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James McBey
1921
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Letter from Gladys Forrest to James McBey (Letters and Memorabilia Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
1930
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James McBey
1955
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James McBey
1949