Angel Wing, Fallen Column and Saracen Den, Luray Cave; angel wing fallen column & Saracen den Luray Cave
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
August 1881
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
graphite and wash with white gouache on paper
Paper/Support:
Landscape; single-sided
0.179- 0.186 mm
Machine-made, wove, smooth surface, brown in color (originally taupe which is visible around the perimeter). The media is located on the felt side; wire side on the verso. Same paper as 13.997
"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, "angel wing fallen column & Saracen den Luray Cave Aug 1881" in lower center on recto; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "449." in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M" in lower right on recto
