The Carpenter of Hesdin
Artist
James McBey
(Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1917
Mediumdrypoint on paper
ClassificationsMcBey
DimensionsOverall: Height: 19.5 cm
Plate Size: Width: 30.2 cm
Frame: Height: 40.7 cm, Width: 56 cm
Plate Size: Width: 30.2 cm
Frame: Height: 40.7 cm, Width: 56 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1959 by Mr H H Kynett.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 13
Object numberABDAG001894
About MeIn February 1917, McBey was granted ten days special leave to sketch the desolation of the Somme front. With some difficulty and hardship he travelled to Etaples, Amiens, Albert and Meulte, concluding his journey at Hesdin and Abbeville. In Hesdin he came across a carpenter in his workshop making wooden crosses to mark the graves of the fallen.More About Me
On his way to sketch the Somme front in 1917, McBey passed through Hesdin, where he met a carpenter making wooden crosses to mark graves.
Exhibitions
Edmund Blampied
