"Cobwebs, or Brooklyn Bridge" by John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953) Engraving 1/2" from the image

1/2" from the image

19-3/8 x 14-15/16

Etching & Aquatint

Calame was the premiere Swiss master of landscape lithography in the 19th century

A large diagonal crease to the lower left corner & a horizontal crease at left center edge just touching the subject's hair

"Cobwebs, or Brooklyn Bridge" by John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953) Engraving 1/2" from the imageEtching, 1921, F. 95, Ed. 75, plus 10 trial proofs, 9 3 4" x 7 1 2", on thin cream laid paper, signed, dated 1920 and numbered in pencil. There are two expertly repaired tears to upper left margin and right margin center, well away from subject, a small loss to top margin edge at right. There is a slight mat line. Fletcher dates this print as 1921. Despite the two marginal tears, a fine impression of this desirable New York subject, which shows Arms'