Ranchos De Taos

Artist James McBey (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)

Date1944

Mediumdrypoint etching on paper

ClassificationsMcBey

DimensionsOverall: Height: 17.7 cm, Width: 32.5 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1960 by Mr H H Kynett.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG007509

Keywords

About MeTravelling back to the East Coast of America from California, the McBeys headed north, following the Rio Grande. At the southern end of the Sagre de Cristo Mountain range, they emerged onto the magnificent sweep of country that forms the Taos plateau.

At Ranchos de Taos they turned off to see the missionary church there and at Pueblo de Taos, James sketched the scene, a drawing that he later worked up into this etching.