Lake of Geneva from Vevey

A pencil sketch by George Elbert Burr capturing a Swiss lakeside vista. The composition shows distant mountains across the water, with architectural elements along the shore rendered in fine, controlled hatching. Burr, an Ohio-born printmaker and painter (1859–1939), spent considerable time in Europe studying landscape traditions. This sketchbook page documents his observational practice—the careful notation of atmospheric depth, architectural detail, and topographical features that would inform his later etchings and paintings. Such working sketches reveal the methodical approach nineteenth-century artists employed when responding directly to European scenery.