A Corner in Old Lisieux
John Taylor Arms
1916
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 26.67 x 15.56 cm (10 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 34.29 x 21.27 cm (13 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Addie Burr Clark
Accession Number
1946.9.7
About the Artist
John Taylor Arms
John Taylor Arms (1887–1953) was one of America's foremost etchers of the twentieth century, renowned for his meticulous renderings of Gothic architecture. Born in Washington, D.C., he initially pursued law at Princeton University before transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a master's degree in architecture in 1912. He apprenticed as a draftsman and worked for...