"Venice from the Redentore" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Drypoint a fine and richly inked

a fine and richly inked impression of this unusual and charming domestic subject

about whom an internet search now reveals nothing

and below this "From the Original Portrait Painted by Rembrandt Peale"

in Gunther's short life he lived in London

"Venice from the Redentore" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Drypoint a fine and richly inkedEtching, 1913, ed. unknown, on thin cream wove simili japan paper, signed & dated in pencil; titled at the lower left margin edge, annotated 18 in lower right margin corner. A fine and fresh, crisply inked and wiped impression with an even veil of plate tone, the luminous japan paper adding suffused light to the atmosphere; the delicacy of the moored boats rigging and architectural details of St. Marks and the various pallazzi adding a palpable sense