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The James McBey CollectionThe School of Art Gallery and Museum acquired the following etchings by James McBey in November 2005 with the financial support of the National Art Collections Fund (£1,750) and the V&A/MLA Purchase Grant Fund (£3,250): 1. A Volendam Girl, August 1910, etching, ed.36, XXXVI, 180 x 117 mm 2. A Fierce Bull, Fuenterrabia 23 July 1911, drypoint, ed.8, I, 136 x 200 mm 3. The Ovation to the Matador, 1911, drypoint, ed.30, XI, 265 x 175 mm 4. Jewish Quarter, Tetuan December 1912, etching, ed.50, XXXVII, 181 x 251 mm 5. Repairing a Barge, Bermondsey, May 1914, etching, ed.50, WF, 215 x 161 mm 6. France at her Furnaces, Harfleur, Jan 1917, drypoint, ed.76, B, 224 x 378 mm 7. The Carpenter of Hesdin, February 1917, drypoint, ed.76, XLVIII, 195 x 304 mm 8, The Pianist, 28 February 1920, drypoint, ed.76, XXXVI, 175 x 326 mm 9. The Sniper, (Gaza 31 Oct 1917) 1920, drypoint, ed.76, XII, 186 x 302 mm 10. The Surrender of Jerusalem, (9 Dec 1917), etching, ed.76, XXV, 226 x 391 mm 11. :Artist and Model, (Self Portrait) Dec 1924, etching, ed.510, 224 x 150 mm 12. The Critic, (Duncan MacDonald) 2 May 1924, drypoint, ed.33, XXXIII, 330 x 212 mm 13. The Passing Gondola, September 1925, etching, ed.80, III, 214 x 266 mm 14. Sotto Portico, Venice 29 September 1925, etching, ed.80, LII, 318 x 222 mm 15. The Doorway, Venice, 16 October 1925, etching, ed.80, II, 209 x 163 mm  The Carpenter of Hesdin ProvenanceCecil Y Lang was an acclaimed scholar of Victorian non-fiction and Professor of English at the University of Virginia, USA 1965–1991. He earned his PhD at Harvard University and went on to become “probably the most distinguished editor of Victorian non-fiction materials in the world”. His books include The Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle (University of Chicago 1968), The Letters of Matthew Arnold (6 volumes, University of Virginia 1996), The Swinburne Letters (2 volumes, Yale 1959) and The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson (2 volumes, Harvard University 1981 & 1987).Throughout his career he made numerous research trips to London. In 1959, Lang began putting together his now almost-compete collection of James McBey etchings. Lang died on 15 February 2004, aged 82, and his Estate subsequently approached Garton & Co., UK print dealers and publishers, to sell the Collection on behalf of the family. UW Aberystwyth was the first UK museum to view and select from the Collection. |
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