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(Sketchbook -USA)
Image Not Available for (Sketchbook -USA)

(Sketchbook -USA)

Artist (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1944 - 1945
Object NameSketchbook
Mediumcard, paper, ink, pencil and watercolour
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions12.5 × 20 × 1cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008328.1
About MeHard bound sketchbook with marble patterned card cover, used by James McBey to sketch areas of the United States of America between 1944 and 1945.

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.