Wah-Kane
Maker
E. A. Burbank
(American, 1858 - 1949)
Additional Title(s)
- Native American Album
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1922-1930
Mediumred crayon on paper
Dimensions15 1/2 x 11 in. (39.4 x 27.9 cm.)
mount: 19 1/4 x 14 in. (48.9 x 35.6 cm.)
book: 20 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 3 in. (52.7 x 40 x 7.6 cm.)
DescriptionOne of 1022 drawings by E. A. Burbank commissioned by The Huntington Library in 1922-1930. All the drawings are copies of Native American portraits from the Newberry Library collection, Chicago.
InscribedInscribed in upper right of recto in red crayon: WAH-KANE. / PANAMINT. / 1906.
Inscribed in lower center of recto in red crayon: E.A. BURBANK. / BALLARAT. / CALIF.
Stamped in upper left of verso in ink: COPIED BY E A BURBANK FROM HIS / ORIGINAL DRAWING IN THE EDWARD / E. AYER COLLECTION OF THE NEW- / BERRY LIBRARY.
MarkingsStamped in upper left of verso in ink: COPIED BY E A BURBANK FROM HIS / ORIGINAL DRAWING IN THE EDWARD / E. AYER COLLECTION OF THE NEW- / BERRY LIBRARY.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number87.60.231
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