Collection Online as of October 1, 2023
French Church Series No. 10: Rocamadour
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887–1953)
Graphite
Support: Tissue paper
Sheet: 37.8 x 29.1 cm (14 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.); Platemark: 33.7 x 24.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2010.714
Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins
Catalogue raisonné: Tissue transfer for etching Fletcher, 186
Location
not on view
Description
Transparent tracing paper was laid over the drawing on the left so that the image could be redrawn onto it. Arms also embellished the composition with additions to the landscape at the left and shaded the scene overall. Since the image was then transferred from the tracing paper to the copper plate in this direction, when the plate was inked and printed, the image was reversed.