"Shipping-Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Featured who quickly demonstrated his mastery

who quickly demonstrated his  mastery with this sensuous study of ripened pears and leaves

reproduced as here by Prang for a broader market still fascinated by the romance of the American west

handling creases to image and margins

The print has been skillfully conserved and save for residual age related toning the image appears much as it did when issued

on buff colored smooth wove paper

"Shipping-Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Featured who quickly demonstrated his mastery1924, re etched 1941, 10 15 16 x 14 5 8, not in A. E., signed, titled & dated in pencil, on thick, cream laid paper. A complex and dynamic later Venetian subject, with much intricate detail in the rendering of the many boats at their moorings and distant buildings along the canal. This striking Venice subject is one of the artist's largest etchings and is not often seen.