Rocky Mountains, Cripple Creek Railroad, Colorado; Rocky Mts. Cripple Creek R.R. Col.
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
1900
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
graphite on paper envelope
Paper/Support:
Landscape; single-sided
0.131- 0.135 mm
Large envelope made from machine-made, smooth, mechanical pulp paper, warm caramel in color. The paper is folded and adhered on the verso; the top edge and seal have been torn off.
"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, "Rocky Mts. Cripple Creek R.R. Col." in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "[beginning of text obscured] 9." in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M 1900" in upper left on recto
