"Clock Tower", Bertha Jacques, (Amer., 1863-1941) POR He proved very popular with

He proved very popular with the tourist trade

relates strongly to Barrer's other mature paintings

as published in Verve

though the means differ and we have here a city scene and the other is a country setting

10-1/4 x 11-3/4

"Clock Tower", Bertha Jacques, (Amer., 1863-1941) POR He proved very popular withEtching, 1901, Ed. unknown, 6 3 8 x 4 1 16, on thin golden laid japan, significant skinning and thinning to paper verso, a rich, luminous impression, initialed and dated in plate, signed and titled in pencil. Excited by an exhibit of French etchings at the 1893 World Colombian Exposition in Chicago, Bertha Jacques took up etching before the turn of the 20th century, eventually producing over 400 prints; mostly focused on floral, landscape and city