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The Gates of the City


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The Gates of the City

1922
20th century
226 x 213 mm (8.9 x 8.4 in.)

John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953)

Alternative title: Brooklyn Bridge, Gates of New York
Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink on laid paper
State: Second of two states
Print impression quality: Very good
Edition: 25; printed by Frederick Reynolds
Marks: Signed in pencil, lower right: “John Taylor Arms—1922”; inscribed in pencil, lower left: title
Marks: Watermark: F.G. Head & Co.
Provenance / Collectors' Marks: J.T. Arms
Bibliography: Fletcher 126 ii/ii; Karen F. Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress (1970) 132; Arms 128.
Credit Line: Gift of the artist (hon. MA Wesleyan 1939), 1939
Accession Number: 1939.5.52

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This object has the following keywords:
  • architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
  • bridges (built works) - Structures spanning and providing passage over waterways, topographic depressions, transportation routes, or similar circulation barriers. [September 1994 scope note added; related term added. March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'bridges'; alternate term changed, was 'bridge'.]
  • New York City - TGN 7007567 (“New York” preferred, “New York City” display; retained “City” for clarity)
  • Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 226 x 213 mm (8.9 x 8.4 in.)

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