Portrait; double-sided
P: 0.158- 0.169 mm S: 0.182- 0.183 mm
The primary support is machine-made, wove, smooth surfaced, and grey in color. The secondary support is thicker, and originally light cream in color (exposed margins have discolored to a dark cream). Slightly texture surface compared to the primary support.
"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, "Bushkill Falls" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in ink, "20. Pencil" on support in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in ink, "Bushkill Fall. Pa." on support in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in ink, "87" on support in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M. 1875" in lower left on recto; Signed by hand in ink, "TMoran. 1875" on support in lower left on recto
