Plumed Serpent, Chichen Itza, Yucatan

John Taylor Arms

1940

  • Titles Plumed Serpent, Chichen Itza, Yucatan (Proper)@Miniature Series, No. 27 (Series)@Yucatan Series, No. 1 (Series)
  • Artist John Taylor Arms, American, 1887 - 1953
  • Medium etching
  • Dimensions sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 3/4 in. (12.5 × 19.7 cm) plate: 2 × 2 1/2 in. (5.1 × 6.4 cm) mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Bequest of Miss Lila May Chapman, 1954.13
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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