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Photo Credit: photo: J. Giammatteo
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U.S.S. Columbia under Construction at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., 1942
194520th century
John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching and drypoint on Arches paper
State:
Second of two states
Print impression quality:
Excellent
Series:
from U.S. Navy Series
Edition:
766
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “John Taylor Arms 1945”; stamped at lower edge of sheet, center: Arms logo; inscribed in pencil and erased, lower right corner: “John Taylor Arms”; the number II inscribed as l.l. may indicate second state.
Marks:
Watermark:
Circle with leaves
lower left
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Mark of the artist, lower center
Bibliography:
Fletcher 390 ii/ii; Karen F. Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress (1970) 502; Arms 401 (New York Public Library; B.L. Bassham 46 (Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1975).
Credit Line:
Campus Art Collection transfer, 1976
Accession Number:
1976.25.3
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
boats*,
marine views*,
military,
New Jersey*,
Northeastern United States*,
ships*,
war*,
World War II,
world wars*
- boats - Use for watercraft generally smaller and less seaworthy than ships and generally not designed to cross large open waters. [June 1995 related term added.]
- marine views - Use For Term
- military
- New Jersey - TGN 7007565
- 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.
- ships - Use for watercraft generally larger and more seaworthy than boats; usually propelled by sails or engines.
- war - From TGM: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm011468
- World War II
- world wars - Wars that involve most of the leading political and military powers of the world or most of the earth's territory. [July 1993 descriptor added.]
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Credit Caption
John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953) . U.S.S. Columbia under Construction at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., 1942, 1945. From U.S. Navy Series. Etching and drypoint on Arches paper. Second of two states. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 1976.25.3. Campus Art Collection transfer, 1976. (photo: J. Giammatteo) .