ERNEST C ROST "A GLIMPSE OF THE VILLAGE"A HAND COLORED Photo/print WITH PENCIL SIGNATURE AND TITLE. GESSO FRAME AND GLASS COVER. THE IMAGE IS IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION, WITH ONLY THE EDGES CLOSE TO THE MATTE SHOWING BROWNISH AGING. THE MATTE IS NEWER THAN THE IMAGE. ONLY THE FRAME IS DAMAGED AT THE RIGHT TOP AND RIGHT LOWER CORNERS DIMENSIONS: IMAGE 16"X 26" MATTE 2 14 " FRAME 25 1/2" X 35 1/2" I CAN SHIP WITHOUT THE FRAME FOR MINIMAL SHIPPING CHARGE. Ernest was born January 20, 1866, at Mt. Vernon, N.Y. and was probably the son of Christan Rost (a locally known engraver) and Minna M. Rost. Nothing is known of his childhood except he was the fourth of six children in the family. By the mid-1880’s E.C. Rost was exhibiting landscapes in oil at the National Academy of Design, New York 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 New York State, but several depict homes of famous statesmen and writers. With the outbreak of the Spainish-American War, Rost was sent by the U.S. War Department to Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Phillippines, and Guam as a civilian photographer of military operations and installations. Today, 21 photographs taken by E. C. Rost of these islands are held by the National Archives (Audio-Visual Division), while still another 26 photographs, all of Cuba, are held by the Library of Congress.

vintage- Image very good, frame has damage