U.S.S. Columbia Under Construction at New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, number 3, from the of The U.S. Combat Series
John Taylor Arms, American, 1887 - 1953
1945
Etching on laid paper
E401
Plate: 12 3/8 × 17 3/8 in. (31.4 × 44.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 7/8 × 20 9/16 in. (42.8 × 52.3 cm)
Impression: 17 1/4 × 12 1/4 in. (43.8 × 31.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Edwin Henry Parkhurst, Jr., in memory of his son, Edwin Henry Parkhurst III, Class of 1957
PR.970.66
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right margin: John Taylor Arms 1945; signed and dated in plate, lower left: monogram; inscribed, in graphite, lower left margin: II; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: Impression dedicated to Margaret Williams/John Taylor Arms - 1952; stamped, lower center: COLLECTION/JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
Provenance
The artist; given to Margaret Williams, 1952; given to her son, Edwin Henry Parkhurst, Jr, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; given to present collection, 1970.
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