Print made by James McBey, 1883–1959, British, Torpedoed Sussex, 1916
- Title:
- Torpedoed Sussex
- Date:
- 1916
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching with drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/8 × 16 3/4 inches (23.2 × 42.5 cm), Image: 8 1/8 × 15 1/8 inches (20.6 × 38.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "VI"; lower right: "The torpedoed Sussex beached at Boulogne"; lower right: "A15584"
Lettered inside image, lower right: "James McBey Boulogne 1916"
Signed in pen, lower right: "James McBey"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
- Copyright Status:
- © Estate of the Artist
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.381
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beach | ferry | military art | sun | war | world war | World War, 1914-1918
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23520
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A German submarine torpedoed the passenger ferry Sussex without warning as it crossed the English channel on 24 March 1916, a week before the second unrestricted campaign against British shipping was to begin. Fifty civilians were killed, including a number of U. S. citizens. It prompted an ultimatum from President Wilson, demanding an immediate halt to unrestricted attacks. Germany complied, ordering all U-boats in British waters to spare passenger ships. Gallery label for Doomed Youth The Poetry and the Pity of World War I (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-06-22 - 1999-09-26)
Doomed Youth The Poetry and the Pity of World War I (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-06-22 - 1999-09-26) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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