The Wooden Bridge, Venice, by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1876-1964) Crayon Resist a few tack holes top

a few tack holes top left margin

though some basic details about the artist remain a mystery

11-1/4 x 23-7/8

One of Arm's "Preferred Plates" and regarded as one of his most intricate and beautiful prints

There is a vertical printing crease to the margin outside the image top edge at right

The Wooden Bridge, Venice, by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1876-1964) Crayon Resist a few tack holes topEtching, 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.