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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Study In Stone, Cathedral Of Orense
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Study In Stone, Cathedral Of Orense

Artist John Taylor Arms (American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1933
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (19.6 x 13 cm)
Overall: 12 1/8 x 9 5/16 in. (30.8 x 23.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Inscribed"Number 8 of Spanish Churches" in pencil lower left of mat. Title in pencil repeated lower left on paper and "Private Collection 'e'" and "John Taylor Arms - 1933" lower right below platemark in pencil. Paper watermarked "Hand Made" lower right edge.
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.39
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on blue-tinted laid paper. Etching #215; Plate #259. No. 8 of "Spanish Churches".

Label TextStudy in Stone, Cathedral of Orense, 1933 Etching Bequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms 55.28.39 The Cathedral of San Martino dominates the city of Orense in northwestern Spain. Exhibition History"An Eye for Architecture: the Etchings of John Taylor Arms," Kaufman Theatre Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, November 3, 2010 - July 24, 2011.