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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Thirty Knots Or Better
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Thirty Knots Or Better

Artist John Taylor Arms (American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1920
MediumEtching, aquatint
DimensionsOverall: 6 5/8 x 12 13/16 in. (16.8 x 32.5 cm)
Overall, Plate: 4 1/8 x 9 13/16 in. (10.4 x 24.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated "John Taylor Arms - 1920" over partially erased name without date. On back "E144" over "a222".
PortfolioEtching #12; Pl. #41.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Taylor Arms
Object number54.51.35
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on handmade paper. Depicts a large ship in the water.

Label TextPlate in permanent collection of Detroit Institute of Arts.Exhibition HistoryExhibited Gallery H, December 1958.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1921
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1921
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1919
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1919
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1922
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1923
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1920
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1920
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon  EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2010.
John Taylor Arms
1931
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1919
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1919
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1920