The Rhine, below St. Goar
c. 1915
Medium
softground etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 12.22 × 19.37 cm (4 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.) sheet: 20.16 × 26.99 cm (7 15/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)
Accession Number
2015.19.1114
About the Artist
George Elbert Burr
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...