"Clock Tower", Bertha Jacques, (Amer., 1863-1941) POR signed with the dated monogram

signed with the dated monogram in the image and signed in pencil & with the red chop in the lower margin

He proved very popular with the tourist trade

a soft diagonal fold in the bottom margin

12-5/16 x 17-3/4

though the means differ and we have here a city scene and the other is a country setting

"Clock Tower", Bertha Jacques, (Amer., 1863-1941) POR signed with the dated monogramEtching, 1901, Ed. unknown, 6 3 8 x 4 1 16, on thin golden laid japan, significant skinning and thinning to paper verso, a rich, luminous impression, initialed and dated in plate, signed and titled in pencil. Excited by an exhibit of French etchings at the 1893 World Colombian Exposition in Chicago, Bertha Jacques took up etching before the turn of the 20th century, eventually producing over 400 prints; mostly focused on floral, landscape and city