Wellington Lake, near Denver; Wellington Lake. near Denver
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
June 18, 1892
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
graphite on paper
Paper/Support:
Landscape; single-sided
0.127- 0.129 mm
Machine-made, laid paper, beige in color. Chain lines are vertical, parallel to the PL and PR edges. The slight gridded texture of the surface is not consistent with the laid lines (dandy roll). Same paper as 1336.843,
"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, "Wellington Lake. near Denver June 18th 1892" in upper right on recto; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "No. 173." in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M." in upper right on recto
Moran, Thomas. Wellington Lake, near Denver. 13.842. June 18, 1892. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://dci-collections.gilcrease.org/object/13842 (11/13/2014).
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