Millstones
PrintmakerMade by
John Taylor Arms
American, 1887 - 1953
Date1921
MediumEtching; printer's ink on wove paper tipped into wove paper folder
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 15/16 x 4 11/16in. (7.5 x 11.9cm)
Platemark (height x width): 2 15/16 x 4 11/16in. (7.5 x 11.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 x 5 7/16in. (9.5 x 13.8cm)
Folder (height x width): 10 x 6 9/16in. (25.4 x 16.7cm)
Platemark (height x width): 2 15/16 x 4 11/16in. (7.5 x 11.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 x 5 7/16in. (9.5 x 13.8cm)
Folder (height x width): 10 x 6 9/16in. (25.4 x 16.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionSmoke issues from the chimney of a two-story house, which is surrounded by a picket fence. A porch with a two-story portico is at the right. A birdhouse is on a post at the left, with what appears to be a millstone on the ground nearby. In the right foreground, two children play with a toy train. Trees are in the left and right background.
Object number2004.18.1
InscribedOn verso of print, lower right, in pencil, accession number.On recto of folder, top, in letterpress, "Season's Greetings / from / Dorothy and John Taylor Arms / 'Mill Stones' / Greenfield Hill / Fairfield".
On verso of folder, lower right, in pencil, accession number.NotesSubject Note: Mill Stones was the name of the house of John Taylor Arms in the Greenfield Hill section of Fairfield, Connecticut. (Finlay 4/8/2004)
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