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Muslimye, North of Aleppo - Landscape with Vehicle and Bivouac by James McBey
Muslimye, North of Aleppo - Landscape with Vehicle and Bivouac
Muslimye, North of Aleppo - Landscape with Vehicle and Bivouac by James McBey
Muslimye, North of Aleppo - Landscape with Vehicle and Bivouac by James McBey

Muslimye, North of Aleppo - Landscape with Vehicle and Bivouac

Artist (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1918
Mediumpen, ink and watercolour on paper
ClassificationsMcBey
DimensionsOverall: Height: 23.7 cm
Sight Size: Width: 37.8 cm
Frame: Height: 43.8 cm, Width: 56 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1960 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 13
Object numberABDAG005036
About MeInscribed "Muslimye N. of Aleppo", this drawing may have been done on the same occasion as the sketch of the railway junction (above). Muslimiyah was a junction of the Baghdad Railway connecting Aleppo with Mosul. On 29 October 1918, the British and Sharifian Arab armies captured the railroad junction from the Ottomans, gaining control over the rail link to Mesopotamia.
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Muslimiyah was a junction of the Baghdad Railway connecting Aleppo with Mosul. In 1918, the British and Sharifian Arab armies captured the railroad junction from the Ottomans, gaining control over the rail link to Mesopotamia.
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