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Image Not Available for (Sketchbook - Nantucket and Massachusetts)
(Sketchbook - Nantucket and Massachusetts)
Image Not Available for (Sketchbook - Nantucket and Massachusetts)

(Sketchbook - Nantucket and Massachusetts)

Artist (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1943-1944
Object NameSketchbook
Mediumcard, paper, ink, pencil and watercolour
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions12.5 × 20 × 1.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008327.1
About MeHard bound sketchbook with marble patterned card cover, used by James McBey to sketch areas of Nantucket and Massachusetts in 1943.

This object is part of an archive that belonged to Marguerite McBey. As a result of her generosity, Aberdeen Art Gallery holds the largest archive of James McBey's work, including prints, drawings, sketchbooks, oil paintings and memorabilia such as this sketchbook.