Point West of Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch
Medium
Watercolor over graphite
Dimensions
17.6 × 25.1 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
travel sketch
Department
Architecture and Design
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
153626
About the Artist
Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1846–1912
Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846–1912) was one of the most influential American architects and urban planners of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Born in Henderson, New York, he twice failed the entrance examinations for Harvard and Yale, eventually finding his calling through an apprenticeship in architecture. His transformative partnership with John Wellborn Root, formed in Chicago in 1873, establ...