Landscape, double-sided
0.142-0.156
Machine-made, wove, smooth, and light brown in color. The main painting is located on the smooth side. Transmitted light reveals evenly dispersed fibers.
"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, "Palace of the Cesars Feb 27, 1867" in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Larger" in center left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "tall trees" in center right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Truck Garden" in lower right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "8. [beginning of text ripped off]" in upper left on verso
