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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Nativity
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Nativity

Artist John Taylor Arms (American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1936
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (2.8 x 2.8 cm)
Overall: 5 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (13 x 11.7 cm)
InscribedRight center below scene: "John Taylor Arms 1935"; right center below plate "John Taylor Arms - 1935". Left corner below plate: "Private Collection 'A' III". Lower left on paper "Notre Dame the Tiny"; "Number 37 of the French Churches"; "Christmas card 1935"; right center bottom of paper: "sp". Paper watermarked in center of paper with a crown over "G.R" and branches at sides within round cartouche.
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.44
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper. Christmas Card No. 18; Miniature #19. Etching #262; Plate #306.