Gunfire, Mount of Olives

1921

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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)
Collection no.: 68.698.5
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Gunfire, Mount of Olives — James McBey. 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).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Marguerite McBey, 1968.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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