John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953), Canale E Chiesa, San Barnaba, Venizia (Sketch) Drypoint This lithograph shows Richards near

This lithograph shows Richards near photographic precision in rendering complex overlapping forms and extraordinary detail

and possibly signed in pencil at lower right

Witherstine's  style has certain graphic affinities with the woodcuts of Felix Vallotton during La Belle Epoch in France

Oval stipple engraving

on thin cream laid similli vellum

John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953), Canale E Chiesa, San Barnaba, Venizia (Sketch) Drypoint This lithograph shows Richards nearEtching, 1931, Ed. 45, 6 7 8 x 4 13 16, Demonstration Series #28, National Arts Club, New York, Dec. 9th, 1931, ref. F. 243, titled in the plate, signed and inscribed "Demonstration Plate etched at the National Arts Club, Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 1931", on cream wove paper 11 7 16 x 7 15 16, in fine condition, in the original antique 2 ply rag mat. A charming Venetian canal study by Arms, etched before a live audience in 1931, in a modest edition of 45.