The Wooden Bridge, Venice, by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1876-1964) Crayon Resist with the cover sheet bearing

with the cover sheet bearing the presentation essay by John Taylor Arms

though some basic details about the artist remain a mystery

Hastings House

The dramatic back lighting and attention to both texture and detail in this print create an iconic and romantic vision of early American industry

The Wooden Bridge, Venice, by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1876-1964) Crayon Resist with the cover sheet bearingEtching, 1906, Ed. unknown, 7 3 16 x 8 3 8, signed and dated 1906 in pencil, a pale trace of a mat line, penciled framers notations and old inventory number along bottom margin edge, on a fine sheet of antique cream laid paper with a watermark of a head in a circle, the sheet 9 x 10 3 4. A charming early, rustic, intimate and candid look at Venice by Roth; from his first group of Venetian subjects.