From Shell Hummocks, Fort George Island; From Shell Hummocks. Fort George Island
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
March 1, 1877
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
graphite on paper
Paper/Support:
Portrait; double-sided
0.209- 0.212 mm
Machine-made, wove, smooth, dark cream in color. Transmitted light reveals a distinct wire pattern, short fibers and even distribution.
"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 black ink, "From Shell Hummocks. Fort George Island March 1" in upper right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "shells" in lower right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Sketch for painting 1877" in top center on verso; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "A5615 #32" in lower left on verso
Moran, Thomas. From Shell Hummocks, Fort George Island. 13.1020. March 1, 1877. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://dci-collections.gilcrease.org/object/131020 (07/27/2017).
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