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

Taylor Home

Artist Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1906
MediumPhotoengraving
DimensionsOverall: 11 x 8 3/8 in. (27.9 x 21.3 cm)
InscribedSome are marked "From Photo"
Credit LineGift of Mr. C. Wiley Grandy
Object number45.26.5
Not on view
DescriptionOne of 28 prints (photoengravings) of Norfolk scenes. Plates found c. 1925 in a box at National Bank of Commerce by Sam Mathew, and some plates made of them at that time. These scenes are printed in the center of sheets of thin paper. This particular print depicts the Taylor Home built in 1817 by James Taylor, located on the southeast corner of Granby and Market.

Published ReferencesMost of these are from ART WORK OF NORFOLK, 189 (two copies in the Museum library).