Lot 99
JAMES MCBEY (1883-1959)
TWO ORIGINAL GREETINGS CARDS: 1928 AND 1933.
Auction: 18 January 2007 at 11:00 GMT
Description
1) A portrait of a printer with a young girl in the workshop. Pen and wash sketch, on brown paper, inscribed: "I hope the New Year will prove still another good one, James McBey 1928", 23cm x 16cm; also 2) A portrait of the same gentleman at the printing press. Pen and wash sketch,on brown paper, inscribed: "With all the best wishes for Xmas 1933 - I hope there's a break in the clouds at last, James McBey, Rabat Morrocco, 14 December 1933", 13 cmx 19cm; a letter verso reads: "Dear C.... We are marooned here for God knows how long as there has been 40 days rain and all the railway have been washed away. I'm to try to get this air mail. I often wonder if things have taken a turn for the better, and would like if you would send me a note to the British Post Office, Tangier, Morocco. Wish best wishes for us both Yours James McBey, Rabat, Morocco, 1933." (2)