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Amiens; The Cathedral of Notre Dame from the Lower Town

1926réf. 23181926. Fine. Etching with drypoint on watermarked FJ Head & Co. handmade laid paper 10 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches 272 x 252 mm; sheet 18 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches 461 x 360 mm full margins. A trial proof aside from the regular edition of 100. Signed dated inscribed "I" in pencil in the lower margin. From the small batch of impressions printed by Frederick Reynolds. With both the artist's moniker ink stamp and the Collection John Taylor Arms ink stamp both in black ink in the lower margin. There is also a New York Public Library accession number in the lower right as well as a pencil inscription indicating that the print was once in the Eddie Welch Estate collection 1975. Small loss at the top-left sheet edge well outside of the image area otherwise in excellent condition. Fletcher 181. Born in 1887 in Washington DC John Taylor Arms studied at Princeton University and ultimately earned a degree in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1912. With the outbreak of W.W.I Arms served as an officer in the United States Navy and it was during this time that he turned his focus to printmaking having published his first etching in 1919. His first subjects were the Brooklyn Bridge near the Navy Yard and it was during his wartime travel that Arms created a series of extraordinarily detailed etchings based on gothic cathedrals and churches he visited in France and Italy the plate for Guardians of the Spire was created in 1921. He used what was available to him namely sewing needles and a magnifying glass to create the incredibly rich and fine detail that his etchings are known for. Upon his return to New York after the war Arms enjoyed a successful career as a graphic artist created a series of etchings of American cities and published Handbook of Print Making and Print Makers Macmillan 1934. He served as President of the Society of American Graphic Artists and in 1933 was made a full member of the National Academy of Design. Arms died in Fairfield Connecticut in 1953. unknown

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[Illinois - Land Policy - Euro-American Settlement] Davis, Levi; Shields, James; Ewing, William Lee D; Compton, Albert; CampbellBiblio.com

A Collection of Property Tax Rolls from Coles County Illinois Documenting the Transition of Federally Owned Land into the Taxable Economy 1837-1854 with Several Signed by Illinois Politicians in Abraham Lincoln's Circle

1854réf. List3733Vandalia Springfield and Coles County Illinois 1854. Eight documents totaling about 75 pages 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches and 7 ½ x 12 inches. Generally folded with toning at folds occasional small stains and minor damage to margins; one with more extensive repairs made with thread; entirely legible. Overall excellent. A collection of official documents from the Illinois auditor's and Coles County collector's offices recording mainly lists of properties in Coles County that had become subject to taxation with two recording properties owing back taxes and one recording tax delinquencies caused by assessment error. The lists of properties newly subject to taxation generally indicate the year in which the land was entered-that is when a settler had filed a claim with the federal land office registering intent to settle-and the year in which that land became subject to taxation. These lands were not immediately taxable as the settler first had to meet certain legal requirements such as living on and cultivating the land before the government would issue a patent transferring the title of the property from the federal government to the individual and thereby making them liable for taxes on it. The first Euro-American settlers had come to what would be Coles County in 1824 and it was set off from Clark County in 1830. That same year the Indian Removal Act passed Congress and the remaining Indigenous tribes in the region-many had already left following treaties earlier in the century-were pushed west of the Mississippi River. The federal government could then survey and map the land and open it to entry and patent by settlers like those represented in these tax rolls. The earliest dated entries recorded in these documents are from 1835 and were patented in 1841 though some entries likely occurred earlier as one document lists entries patented in 1838 but does not list entry date representing some of the earliest legal Euro-American settlements in the county. These documents thus record the incorporation of newly federally-owned "frontier" land into private ownership and into the county and state economy and implicitly the placement of previously tribally stewarded land into the hands of its first settlers. Also of interest in the documents are the signatories themselves. These include Albert Compton William Lee D. Ewing and Thomas Hayes Campbell prominent early Illinois political figures; but also Levi Davis a close friend of Abraham Lincoln's and James Shields one of Lincoln's best-known political rivals. Shields and Lincoln nearly fought a duel in 1842 after Lincoln criticized Shields' work as Illinois State Auditor-the same office in which Shields signed one of the Coles County tax rolls preserved here. Men like these occupied a layer of early Illinois society distinct from many of the settlers whose lands appear in the records: lawyers auditors legislators and political figures who linked frontier communities to the emerging institutions of state government. Coles County itself also held personal significance within Lincoln's world as the home of his father Thomas Lincoln and stepmother Sarah Bush Lincoln. Documents as follows: 1838: Lands newly subject to taxation in 1837 and 1838. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 22pp. Affixed with thread. Toned and worn with tears especially at folds and with damage to margins repairs made with thread. Very good plus. March 6 1838: Lands newly subject to taxation in 1838. Signed by Levi Davis Vandalia IL. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 4 pp. Affixed with ribbon. Folded with minor damage to edges. Excellent to Near Fine. March 1 1841: Lands entered in 1835 newly subject to taxation in 1841. Signed by James Shields Springfield IL. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 10 pp plus docket. Affixed with ribbon. Folded with minor damage to edges. Excellent to Near Fine. February 1 1845: Lands entered in 1839 newly subject to taxation in 1845. Signed by William Lee D. Ewing Springfield IL. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 7 pp plus docket. Affixed with ribbon. Folded with some staining toning at folds. Excellent to Near Fine. August 24 1846: Properties for which back taxes for 1844 and 1845 were owed. Signed by Albert Compton Coles County IL. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 4 pp. Toned with minor damage to edges. Excellent. 1846: Properties for which back taxes for 1844 and 1845 were owed likely a continuation of the previous. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 4 pp. Slight stains and toning at folds. Excellent to Near Fine. March 25 1853: Lands newly subject to taxation in 1853. Signed by Thomas Hayes Campbell Springfield IL. 7 ½ x 12 inches. 18 pp plus docket. Affixed with thread. Folded with toning some damage to margins. Excellent. June 8 1854: Delinquencies caused by assessment error with insolvencies removals etc. of personal property 1853. Signed by Thomas Lytle and James McCrory Coles County IL. 7 ½ x 12 inches. 3 pp. Delinquencies in Near Fine condition; Insolvencies etc. with damage to margins excellent. N.d.: Properties for which back taxes were owed undated. 7 ½ x 12 inches. 4 pp. Folded else Near Fine. .

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Arms, John TaylorBiblio.com

From the Ponte Vecchio Florence

1925réf. 3181925. Superb. Etching and aquatint on hand made F.J. Head & Co. watermarked cream laid paper 11 1/8 x 15 1/4 inches 281 x 382 mm full margins. Signed and dated in pencil lower right margin. From the edition of 160 from a total of 165 impressions. 1/4-inch edge loss at extreme sheet edge lower right extreme sheet edge. Scattered light handling creases minor uniform age tone. A beautiful dark and inky impression of this large extremely detailed image with all the fine lines printing clearly. Fletcher 159.ii References: Arms Hill Towns and Cities of Northern Italy by Dorothy Noyes: p. 90 The Print Collector's Quarterly 21 1934: p.130. Born in 1887 in Washington DC John Taylor Arms studied at Princeton University and ultimately earned a degree in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1912. With the outbreak of W.W.I Arms served as an officer in the United States Navy and it was during this time that he turned his focus to printmaking having published his first etching in 1919. His first subjects were the Brooklyn Bridge near the Navy Yard and it was during his wartime travel that Arms created a series of extraordinarily detailed etchings based on gothic cathedrals and churches he visited in France and Italy the plate for Guardians of the Spire was created in 1921. He used what was available to him namely sewing needles and a magnifying glass to create the incredibly rich and fine detail that his etchings are known for. Upon his return to New York after the war Arms enjoyed a successful career as a graphic artist created a series of etchings of American cities and published Handbook of Print Making and Print Makers Macmillan 1934. He served as President of the Society of American Graphic Artists and in 1933 was made a full member of the National Academy of Design. Arms died in Fairfield Connecticut in 1953. unknown

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