Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by James McBey, 1883–1959, British
Title:
Zero - a 65 Pounder Opening Fire
Date:
1920
Materials & Techniques:
Drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 5/8 inches (24.4 × 37.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen, lower left: "XXIV"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Zero | a | 60 pounder | opening | fire"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "a69170 | 0SX"
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:
B1994.4.1264
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
artillery | soldiers | noise | military art | World War, 1914-1918 | world war | war
Currently On View:
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Exhibition History:
Printing Darkness (Yale University Art Gallery, 2025-06-20 - 2025-12-07)

Doomed Youth The Poetry and the Pity of World War I (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-06-22 - 1999-09-26)
Gallery Label:
The gun is opening fire at 'zero' hour before dawn. 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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23247