Series of Prints: A Tower of Cortés - Mexico / Thomas Moran

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Multiple etchings from the same plate are stored in the Gilcrease Museum collections.

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Series of Prints: A Tower of Cortés - Mexico; A Tower of Cortez - Mexico

Creator(s):

Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)

Culture:

American

Date:

1883

Period:

Hudson River School

Materials/Techniques:

printing ink on paper

Paper/Support:

off-white dandy roll paper (14.392a-c); dark cream wove Handmade Sweden (14.392d-l)

Classification:

Prints

Object Type:

Etching

Accession No:

14.392a-l

Previous Number(s):

1426.392a-l

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall (14.392a):

Height: 16 5/8in. (42.2cm)
Width: 12 3/8in. (31.4cm)

Image (14.392a):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392b):

Height: 16 15/16in. (43.0cm)
Width: 12 3/8in. (31.4cm)

Image (14.392b):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392c):

Height: 17 5/16in. (44.0cm)
Width: 12 3/8in. (31.4cm)

Image (14.392c):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392d):

Height: 17 3/4in. (45.1cm)
Width: 15 1/16in. (38.3cm)

Image (14.392d):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392e):

Height: 17 13/16in. (45.2cm)
Width: 16 5/16in. (41.4cm)

Image (14.392e):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392f):

Height: 17 11/16in. (44.9cm)
Width: 16in. (40.6cm)

Image (14.392f):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392g):

Height: 17 13/16in. (45.2cm)
Width: 15 11/16in. (39.8cm)

Image (14.392g):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392h):

Height: 17 5/8in. (44.8cm)
Width: 16in. (40.6cm)

Image (14.392h):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392i):

Height: 17 13/16in. (45.2cm)
Width: 15 9/16in. (39.5cm)

Image (14.392i):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392j):

Height: 17 5/8in. (44.8cm)
Width: 16 1/8in. (41.0cm)

Image (14.392j):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392k):

Height: 17 11/16in. (44.9cm)
Width: 15 13/16in. (40.2cm)

Image (14.392k):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Overall (14.392l):

Height: 17 11/16in. (44.9cm)
Width: 13 15/16in. (35.4cm)

Image (14.392l):

Height: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)
Width: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Thomas Moran

Biography:

"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."

Role(s):

Formerly attributed to

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto (14.392a); Handwritten notes are present; Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "A Tower of Cortez. Mexico. Duplicate. $40.00" in lower left on recto; Inscribed in type in ink, "2676" in lower right on recto; Inscribed by hand in blue pencil, "1629 Dupl." in upper left on verso (14.392b); Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto (14.392c); Artist's printer notes are present; Inscribed by hand in graphite, "wipe sky/too much ink" (14.392d); Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's printer notes are present in etching; Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "A TOWER OF CORTEX MEXICO" in lower left on recto (14.392e); Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's printer notes are present in etching; Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto (14.392f); Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's printer notes are present in etching; Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto (14.392g); Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's printer notes are present in etching; Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "A TOWER OF CORTEZ" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "A Tower of Cortez Mexico 30.00" in upper left on verso (14.392h); Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's printer notes are present in etching; Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "A TOWER OF CORTEZ" in lower left on recto (14.392i); Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's printer notes are present in etching; Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "A TOWER OF CORTEZ" in lower left on recto (14.392j); Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's printer notes are present in etching; Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "A TOWER OF CORTEZ" in lower left on recto (14.392k); Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's printer notes are present in etching; Inscribed in plate, "A Tower of Cortes Mexico [reversed]" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "A TOWER OF CORTEZ" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "$60.00" in upper left on verso (14.392l)

Signed: Signed in plate with colophon, "TMORAN 1883" in lower right on recto (14.392a-l); Signed by hand in pencil, "T.Moran." in lower left on recto (14.392b, e-l)

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Moran, Thomas. Series of Prints: A Tower of Cortés - Mexico. 14.392a-l. 1883. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://dci-collections.gilcrease.org/object/14392a-l (08/15/2017).

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