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Sepia photograph taken during James McBey's service as Official War Artist, which he begun on 26 May 1917. The photograph is kept within a hardback photograph album, with faux leather overlay, along with a series of other related images.
The photograph depicts troops marching through a desert in the Middle East and, based on similar photographs in the album, may be related to the capture of Damascus on 1 October 1918. This was when the Desert Mounted Corps and Prince Feisal's Sherifal Hejaz Army encircled the city, after a mounted pursuit along the two main roads to Damascus.
The photograph depicts troops marching through a desert in the Middle East and, based on similar photographs in the album, may be related to the capture of Damascus on 1 October 1918. This was when the Desert Mounted Corps and Prince Feisal's Sherifal Hejaz Army encircled the city, after a mounted pursuit along the two main roads to Damascus.
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Title
Capture of Damascus (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
Date
1918
Medium
photograph
Accession number
ABDAG000686.288
Acquisition method
Presented in 1983 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Work type
Photograph
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FQ Scotland
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