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A deserted oasis
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Maker: McBey, James
Depicts soldiers and camels from the Australian Camel Corps camped at an oasis that has been deserted by its original inhabitants. In the background are buildings that have fallen into disrepair. This...ART03036
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Blue Bonnets over the border, Palestine
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Maker: McBey, James
Depicts a column of 52nd Division troops marching into Palestine with a military band playing bagpipes and drums at the foot of the Herodian colum. The band are most probably playing the march, 'Blue...ART50006
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Dawn, camel patrol setting out
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Maker: McBey, James
Depicts a patrol of soldiers and camels from the Australian Camel Corps heading away from the viewer into the distance of a desert. McBey has etched Serapeum onto the plate to indicate the place of th...ART03039
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Hermon: Cavalry moving on Damascus
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Maker: McBey, James
Depicts a column of Lighthorse travelling through Lebanon into Syria through the Anti-Lebanon ranges. Mount Hermon is in the background. This work is from McBey's first Palestine set of etchings and d...ART50296
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Ras El Ain, July 1918
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Maker: McBey, James
Depicts Roman ruins on a hill at Ras-el-Ain, and a column of soldiers on horseback. This work is from McBey's first Palestine set of etchings and drypoints. McBey was a painter and etcher. Born in New...ART03035
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Strange signals
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Maker: McBey, James
Depicts two soldiers on camel back riding in the Sinai Desert to the left of image. These soldiers are from the Imperial Camel Corps. The ICC was formed in January 1916 in order to deal with the revol...ART03040
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The advance on Jerusalem - Wadi Ali
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Maker: McBey, James
In 1917 McBey was appointed by the British War Office to be an official artist in Egypt. He accompanied the Camel Corps and the troops throughout the desert campaign witnessing the attack on Jelil and...ART50252
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The midday halt, Sinai
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Maker: McBey, James
Depicts the Australian Camel Corps resting and setting up camp in a desert area of Sinai. McBey was a painter and etcher. Born in Newburg, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1884, he travelled to Holland, Spa...ART03041
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The Sinai Desert, July 1917
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Maker: McBey, James
Depicts the Australian Camel Corps travelling through the Sinai Desert. In the foreground is the skeleton of an animal such as a horse or camel. This work is from McBey's first Palestine set of etchin...ART03038
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The Wadi-um-Mukhsheib at sunset, July 1917
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Maker: McBey, James
Depicts wadi-um-mukhsheib surrounded by soldiers, civilians and camels at sunset. The work was printed in 1919. This work is from McBey's first Palestine set of etchings and drypoints. McBey was a pai...ART03037