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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
A Gargoyle of Amiens (Gargoyle Series No. 10)
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

A Gargoyle of Amiens (Gargoyle Series No. 10)

Artist John Taylor Arms (American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1923
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 4 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (10.5 x 15.6 cm)
Overall: 8 x 9 5/16 in. (20.3 x 23.6 cm)
InscribedSigned lower left on plate: "J.T. Arms" and below plate lower right: "John Taylor Arms". Lower left margin: "Gargoyle of Amiens". Paper watermarked lower edge: "T.J. Head & Co."
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.13
Not on view
DescriptionGargoyle from Amiens Cathedral above the sketchily rendered city.