Antique Christian Rost Signed Winter Elk Panoramic Landscape Etching 28"

Description

Late 19th century black and white hunt etching by Christian Rost. Panoramic winter landscape featuring a pair of elk / deer on a snowy hill in the middle of the country / forest. Copyrighted 1895 by Albert Fries, New York. Remarke of a hunting bag, lower edge. Signed in plate. Paper; unframed.

"Christian Rost (?- 1907) was active/lived in New York / England, Germany. An engraver in New York City beginning circa 1860 when he arrived in America, Christian Rost had been in London, where in about 1851, he designed and engraved illustrations for a book on the Crystal Palace exhibition. He had studied in both Paris and London. Some time after his move to New York City he went to work for the American Bank Note Company. He was the father of artist Ernest Christian Rost." (askART)

Condition

Wear and distressing from age, foxing, discoloration, creasing, tears to mat.

Dimensions

27.75" x 13" (Width x Height)