Antique 1891 "Seneca Lake" Framed Etching Print by Artist Ernest C. Rost. Copyrighted by Fishel, Adler, & Schwartz - New York. 32-inch w. 24-inch h.
Ernest Rost (1867 - 1940) is a listed artist from New York and California. He was born January 20, 1866, at Mt. Vernon, N.Y., and was probably the son of Christian Rost (a locally known engraver..) and Minna M. Rost. Nothing is known of his childhood.?By the mid 1880's, E.C. Rost was exhibiting landscapes in oil at the National Academy of Design, N.Y. City...After 1887 his oil painting stopped and by 1891 etching became his primary occupation.?Today, the Library of Congress (Prints and Photographs Division), maintains 63 etchings signed 'Ernest C. Rost' or 'E.C. Rost', with dates running from 1891 to 1896. These often portray country lanes, cottages, rural scenes, sea, river and bayside settings, mostly in N.Y. State, but several depict homes of famous statesmen and writers
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