A Tower of Cortez
Thomas Moran
1883
Medium
Etching, with roulette, on cream chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 30 × 25 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 34.7 cm (15 11/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129529
About the Artist
Thomas Moran · 1837–1926
Thomas Moran (1837–1926) was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School whose dramatic paintings of the American West played a pivotal role in the creation of the national parks. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, he emigrated with his family to Philadelphia as a child. He was largely self-taught, though he apprenticed briefly with a wood engraver and studied the work of J.M.W...