Snow
George Elbert Burr
c. 1910
Medium
drypoint in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 8.7 x 8.7 cm (3 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 21.1 x 18.9 cm (8 5/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John Farr Simmons
Accession Number
1986.60.4
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...