Merry Christmas from Dorothy and John Arms, 1919 / John Taylor Arms. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Merry Christmas from Dorothy and John Arms, 1919 / John Taylor Arms., a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Merry Christmas from Dorothy and John Arms, 1919 / John Taylor Arms.
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Sent as a holiday greeting from Dorothy and John Arms, this 1919 etching is an artist's proof of the first state, signed in pencil beneath the plate. John Taylor Arms, who became known for precise etchings of buildings, made the plate as one of the personal Christmas cards he produced in the 1910s, so the image mixes domestic greeting and fine-art printmaking. Its subject, a dwelling, fits his architectural interest. Collectors often value early states like this one because they show the plate before later changes.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Christmas cards 1910-1920.Etchings 1910-1920. |
| Notes | [His Christmas card, no. 4]. Arms, 35 (first state). Artist's proof; signed with initials and dated on plate and signed and dated in pencil below plate. Frederick Reynolds Imp. erased. Collector's mark: John Taylor Arms. DLC American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 21. Gift. |
| Subjects | Dwellings--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,275 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-180048 |
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