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Cairn Terrier

Maker (American, 1858 - 1949)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1937
Mediumgraphite on paper
Dimensions14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm.)
DescriptionOne of 19 pencil drawings by E. A. Burbank given to The Huntington Library by Mrs. Adelaide Bray, c. 1980.
SignedSigned in lower right of recto in graphite: E. A. BURBANK, / 1937.
InscribedSigned in lower right of recto in graphite: E. A. BURBANK, / 1937. Inscribed in lower center of recto in graphite: -HELLO ADELAIDE- Typed inscription on label on verso: Cairn Terrier. This popular terrier was originally know as the short-haired skye terrier. It is known as the Cairn Terrier because it hunts foxes, badgers, and other small animals which often live in the cairns or stone heaps of the islands and highlands of Scotland. Cairn Terriers are good house dogs.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Mrs. Adelaide Bray.
Status
Not on view
Object number87.61.16
Entrance to Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco, Calif.
E. A. Burbank
1936
Object number: 87.61.13
Oregonian, New York, in for Repairs
E. A. Burbank
1931
Object number: 87.61.12
Chief Pretty Eagle Crow
E. A. Burbank
1897
Object number: 87.61.15
On Napa River, Napa, Calif.
E. A. Burbank
1931
Object number: 87.61.9
From a Photo of Lincoln Taken in 1864
E. A. Burbank
1931
Object number: 87.61.8
Sand Dunes, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
E. A. Burbank
1931
Object number: 87.61.10
Group of Trees
E. A. Burbank
1946
Object number: 87.61.7
Fishermans Wharf, S.F., Calif.
E. A. Burbank
1936
Object number: 87.61.6
Yerba Buena (Ferry Boat)
E. A. Burbank
1945
Object number: 87.61.17
Untitled
E. A. Burbank
n.d.
Object number: 87.61.19
Untitled
E. A. Burbank
n.d.
Object number: 87.61.18
Balcony - Hotel, Chinatown, S.F., Calif.
E. A. Burbank
1929
Object number: 87.61.5