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Creator:
James McBey, 1883–1959
Title:
Zero - a 65 Pounder Opening Fire
Date:
1920
Materials & Techniques:
Drypoint etching on laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 14 5/8in. (24.4 x 37.1cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B1994.4.1264
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
artillery | military art | noise | soldiers | war | world war | World War, 1914-1918
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23247
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The gun is opening fire at 'zero' hour before dawn.

Gallery label for Doomed Youth The Poetry and the Pity of World War I (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-06-22 - 1999-09-26)

Doomed Youth The Poetry and the Pity of World War I (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-06-22 - 1999-09-26) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]


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