Eldridge Ayer Burbank (1858-1949) Conte Crayon Drawing, A Little Navajo Indian Girl, Navajo, 1943. Eldridge Ayer Burbank drew more than 1200 portraits of Native Americans using Conte crayon. They were commissioned by his uncle, Edward Ayer, the president of the Chicago Field Museum. Burbank completed the majority of these Native American drawings between 1897 and 1910 but also is known to have produced portrait drawings all the way up through 1945. The drawings became historically important as a record of Native American peoples, who Edward Ayer believed were under threat at the time, leading Burbank to create the goal of intending to draw every Native American tribe in America.Titled upper left. Signed and dated lower right.Dimensions: 17” x 14” framed. 13.25” x 10.25” sight.Pickup & Shipping: Free Sacramento pickup. Shipping via FedEx within the continental U.S. for $65 + 1.5% insurance (unless waived in writing). Combined lot shipping available. Not examined outside frame