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"1588" by James McBey
"1588"
"1588" by James McBey
"1588" by James McBey

"1588"

Artist (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1912
Mediumetching on paper
ClassificationsMcBey
DimensionsImage Size (Height x Width): 189 × 302mm
Frame Size (Height x Width): 380 × 508mm
AcquisitionPresented in 1959 by Mr H H Kynett.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG001988
About MeThough it may well be based on historical fact, this print depicts the imagined scene of a Spanish galleon crashing onto the shore at Collieston, not far from McBey's birthplace of Newburgh.