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The Ovation of the Matador
The Ovation of the Matador
The Ovation of the Matador

The Ovation of the Matador

Artist (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1911
Mediumdrypoint on paper
ClassificationsMcBey
DimensionsImage Size (Height x Width): 268 × 174mm
Frame Size (Height x Width): 557 × 405mm
AcquisitionBequeathed in 1929 by Miss M C Innes.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 13
Object numberABDAG002961
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During most of the early 1900s and the period between the two World Wars, McBey’s popularity was unmatched, and his etchings were considered some of the most commercially successful from Scotland.
Exhibitions
A Fierce Bull
James McBey
1911
The Matador
James McBey
1911
The Picador Attacked
James McBey
1911
The Picador Unhorsed by James McBey
James McBey
1911
Matador and Bull
James McBey
1932
Disraeli by James McBey
James McBey
1916
The Pianist by James McBey
James McBey
1920
France at her Furnaces
James McBey
1917
Self Portrait No. 19
William Strang
1910
George Bernard Shaw
William Strang
1907
Joseph Benwell Clark
William Strang
1910
R.B. Cunninghame Graham
William Strang
1898
Hans Richter
William Strang
The Banderillas by James McBey
James McBey
1911
Français Inconnus
James McBey
1917
Margot by James McBey
James McBey
1920
The Silk Dress (Mrs William Murray) by James McBey
James McBey
1919
Margot As Lopokova by James McBey
James McBey
1920