Landscape; double-sided
0.201- 0.210 mm
Machine- made, wove, dark tan in color; Transmitted light reveals and even dispersion of fibers and a distinct wire pattern. Main image executed in smooth side, secondary line drawing on verso on wire side. Watermark along the PL side of recto “EL- LES- ANNONAY”.
"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 a beach, boat, and lighthouse on verso
Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's color notations and reference notes are present in sketch; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Fort George island" in upper right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Sand span Bayonet" in lower center on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "swamp" in lower right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Mouth of the St. Johns River from Fort George" in upper right on verso; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "March 5th 1877" in upper right on verso; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Sand Banks" in lower center on verso
