Fletcher 244. Edition 142, final (3rd) state impressions. Signed, dated, and annotated Ed 100 III in pencil.
Image size 10 1/16 x 13 5/8 (256 x 346 mm); sheet size 12 3/4 x 16 inches (324 x 406 mm).
A superb, finely detailed impression, in warm black ink; on antique, pale gray laid paper, with full margins (1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches). Adhesive stains in the bottom left and right sheet corners, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition.
A view of Limoges, France and the ancient Saint Martial Bridge from the far side of the Vienne River.
Fletcher lists this work as among the artist's preferred plates.
Published reference: "An appreciation to John Taylor Arms 1887-1953", PRINT, Vol. VIII #5, p.viii, Feb-March, 1954. Illustrated in Dorothy Noyes Arms' Churches of France.
Collections: Davis Museum at Wellesley College, National Gallery of Art, Saint John’s University, Smithsonian Institution, Wake Forest University.
