Wilmore (upper sketch); The Juniata at Spruce Creek (lower sketch)
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
August 8 and August 15, 1864
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
graphite on paper
Paper/Support:
Portrait; double-sided
0.180- 0.201 mm
Machine made, wove, mat surface, beige in color. Transmitted light reveals an even disribution and distinct wire pattern. Smoother in texture on recto with wire side on verso- texturized.
"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."
Pencil sketch of interior architectural details with two figures on verso
Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Willimore Aug 8-64" in center right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "The Juniata at Spruce Creek Aug 15-64" in center left on recto
Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M" in center right on recto; Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M" in center on recto
