Destroyers in Wet Basin
1943
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View on museum website →Medium
etching on yellow wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.1 x 44 cm (9 7/8 x 17 5/16 in.) sheet: 38.2 x 55.2 cm (15 1/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.694
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...