Lavenham, England

 

John Taylor Arms

  1887 - 1953 (biography)

1939  

etching 

7 3/8 x 3 13/16" platemark 

pencil signed, lower right 

proof from state iii 

pencil dated 1939 after the signature; stamped in lower left corner of the paper: COLLECTION E / JOHN TAYLOR ARMS 

Fletcher 322; English Series #4; Arms 327; LOC 182 

light gray laid 

iii/iii 

artist 

24629 

$200.00 

In this etching, John Taylor Arms depicted the bell tower of St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Lavenham, England. The original church was rebuilt in the 14th century but it was reconstructed between 1485 and 1525. It is regarded as one of the finest examples of Late Perpendicular Gothic architecture in England and it was one of the last churches to be completed before the English Reformation. The bell tower, so prominent in Arms’ etching, was begun in 1486 and completed in 1495. The tower ring comprises eight bells and the bell has been described as “the finest toned bell in England, probably in the world.”