E.T. Hurley, A Bull Elk in a Snowy Landscape

E.T. Hurley
(American, 1869-1950)
A Bull Elk in a Snowy Landscape, 1927 (produced in 1935)
etching
signed and dated 1927 in plate, signed and dated 1935 in pencil in margin
11 3/4" x 9"

Catalog Note:
This work comes with a copy of Hurley's 1939 paperback book, Old Mills and Covered Bridges In and About Cincinnati. The etching is dedicated in the margin "To Mr. & Mrs. A.G. Shumate, Jr." Hurley spent time with the Shumates in 1935 at their farm in Western Virginia. The book is likewise dedicated inside "To Mr. & Mrs A.G. Shumate Jr with all goo wishes, and a souvenir of a wondereous trip through the Virginia mountains. E.T. Hurley." [sic]
Condition Report: Frame: 19 1/4"h x 14 3/4"w x 5/8"d
Book: 8 1/8" x 6"
Not examined out of frame. Etching appears to be very crisp and clean. Book in excellent used condition.