Sketch on Apache Trail, Arizona
c. 1929
Medium
etching with drypoint in brown on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.5 x 12.1 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 22.8 x 17 cm (9 x 6 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John Farr Simmons
Accession Number
1986.60.18
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
George Elbert Burr · 1859–1939
George Elbert Burr was an American printmaker and watercolorist whose career spanned the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, earning him a reputation as one of the foremost etchers of the American West. Born in 1859 in Monroe Falls, Ohio, Burr trained as a commercial illustrator before turning his full attention to fine art. He honed his craft through diligent self-study and close obser...