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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Plumed Serpent, Chichen Itza
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Plumed Serpent, Chichen Itza

Artist John Taylor Arms (American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1940
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 2 1/8 x 2 13/16 in. (5.5 x 7.1 cm)
Overall: 5 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (13 x 24.1 cm)
Inscribed"II" lower left. Signed and dated right of center: "John Taylor Arms 1940". "imp" lower right edge. Watermarked "ENGLAND" down left side.
PortfolioNo. 1 of the "Yucatecan Series". Miniature No. 27. Etching #305; Pl. #349.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Taylor Arms
Object number54.51.129
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper. Depicts the stone of a serpent at Chichen Itza.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
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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
1930
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1929
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
1919
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