Landscape; one sided
0.095-0.098 mm
Machine made, wove paper, smooth surface, cream in color. Support is thin and fairly translucent; media applied to the recto can be seen through on the verso. Same paper and top PL tear as 0276.833, 1326.955, 1326.954
"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, "Sunset June 28th 1870 Falls of Schuylkill" in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Dark Blue gray with Warm edge Reflected grays" in center on recto; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "433." in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M." in upper left on recto
