"Venice from the Redentore" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Wood Engraving pale hint of lightening within

pale hint of lightening within mat opening

His fascination and knowledge of the mid-western birds he portrayed are realized with consummate skill in the difficult medium of color aquatint

and this thoughtful self portait by Oswald offers an excellent example of linear and tonal work in soft ground

signed in ink

"Venice from the Redentore" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Wood Engraving pale hint of lightening withinEtching, 1913, ed. unknown, old tape residue top edge verso, scattered inky fingerprints presumably the artist's, on verso, signed & dated in pencil, titled at the lower left margin edge, framers notation in lower right margin corner, on thin cream laid paper, A fine and fresh, crisply inked and wiped impression with a veil of granular plate tone, heavier at the top of the sky, the delicacy of the rigging on the moored boats and architectural details