Landscape; double-sided
0.176- 0.186 mm
Cream, wove, machine-made paper. Fibers are slightly clumped within a wire screen pattern in transmitted light.
"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; Artist's color notations and reference notes are present in sketch; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Ojo Caliente 3rd oldest city in US from The Springs Hotel" in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "sand bar" in center right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Burro train Crossing Creek" in lower center on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Sand Bar" in lower right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Water here" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in ink, "No 65" in upper left on verso; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "#54" in upper left on verso; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Continuation of other side" in center left on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue pencil, "5 [circled] 1/2 Page" in lower right on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "T.Moran." in upper center on recto
