Criccieth Castle, Cardigan Bay, North Wales; Cricieth Castle. Cardigan Bay N. Wales
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
September 15, 1882
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
watercolor and graphite on paper
Paper/Support:
Landscape; single-sided
0.096- 0.097 mm
Machine-made, wove, very thin, smooth surface, light cream in color. The media is located on the felt side of the support. Same paper as 1376.805.
"Thomas Moran, landscape painter, etcher, engraver, lithographer. Born February 12, 1837, at Bolton Lancashire (England) accompanied his family to Maryland in 1844, and studied painting with his brother Edward in Philadelphia during the mid-1850. In 1862 the two Moran’s' went to England for further study and came under the influence of Turner. Thomas visited Europe again in the same decade and several times in the later years. His fame rests largely on his large paintings of scenes in the Far West, including Yellowstone Park, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. His home was in Philadelphia until 1872 when he moved to Newark (N.J.) and shortly after to NYC. In 1916 he moved to Santa Barbara (Cal.) where he died on August 26, 1926."
Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Cricieth Castle. Cardigan Bay N. Wales Sep 15th 1882" in upper right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "192." in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "TM." in upper right on recto
