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James McBey British
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View the statue of the Virgin and Child on the roof of the French Hospice at Jerusalem, lit up by gunfire near the Mount of Olives, during the World War I Battle of Jerusalem.
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Title: Gunfire, Mount of Olives
Artist:
James McBey (British, Newburgh 1883–1959 Tangier)
Date: 1921
Medium: Drypoint
Dimensions:
Plate: 7 7/8 × 5 15/16 in. (20 × 15.1 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 8 3/16 in. (31.8 × 20.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Marguerite McBey, 1968
Object Number: 68.698.5
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