A Breton Calvary (also known as Calvaire du Seizieme Siecle)

 

John Taylor Arms

  1887 - 1953 (biography)

1932  

etching 

5 5/8 x 3 1/8" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

working proof of second state 

dedicated in pencil in lower left: To my friend John W. Winkler /John Taylor Arms 1932; inscribed in pencil in lower left corner of the paper: A Breton Calvary / Second Sate; and inscribed:"wp" in lower right corner of the paper 

Fletcher 247 

ivory wove with ENGLAND watermark 

ii/iii 

artist 

JW337 

$325.00 

John Taylor Arms depicts a carved stone calvary of the 16th century in Breton, France. Calvaries, Christian monuments that usually includes three crosses - one for Jesus, one for the impenitent thief, and one for the penitent thief - can be found throughout the world but large concentrations of the wayside altars are found in Brittany, France. Calvaries serve as places of worship for pilgrims and are used as focal points in village celebrations.