James McBey. 1883-1959.

Gun Fire, Mount of Olives. 1921. Drypoint. Hardie 204. 8 x 5 3/4 (sheet 10 x 7 1/4). Edition 54, #33. Series: Third Palestine Set. A rich impression with plate tone printed on antique wove paper. Signed and numbered in ink. $750.

Hardie writes, "The statue of the Virgin and Child on the roof of the French Hospice at Jerusalem is silhouetted against a sky lit up, over the Mount of Olives, by the flare of gun fire."

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