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Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook
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Stokesay Castle
194220th century
58 x 77 mm (2.3 x 3 in.)
John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching on blue laid paper
State:
Second of two states
Print impression quality:
Excellent
Series:
from English Series (also in Miniature Series)
Edition:
Edition of 365 signed, 250 unsigned, according to Fletcher. Published by the Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, printed by David Strang. This impression is from edition of 200 commissioned by Alfred Fowler for the Miniature Print Society of Kansas City, Missouri; in original folder with printed documentation, lower left; envelope includes “News of Fine Prints” and article on Stokesay Castle by Arms. Number 9 from the English Series, number 30 from the Miniature Series.
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “John Taylor Arms/1942”; inscribed in pencil, lower left: “II”
Bibliography:
Fletcher 369 ii/ii; Karen F. Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress (1970) 457; Arms 379.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1944
Accession Number:
1944.D1.24
Keywords
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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.]
- castles - Use for buildings or groups of buildings intended primarily to serve as a fortified residence of a prince or nobleman. AVERY
- England - TGN 7002445
- Gothic (Medieval)
Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 58 x 77 mm (2.3 x 3 in.)
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Credit Caption
John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953) . Stokesay Castle, 1942. From English Series (also in Miniature Series). Etching on blue laid paper. Second of two states. plate : 58 x 77 mm (2.3 x 3 in.). Sheet : 113 x 188 mm (4.4 x 7.4 in.). DAC accession number 1944.D1.24. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1944. (photo: M. Cook) .