A Tower of Cortez - Mexico
Thomas Moran
1883
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.7 × 24.4 cm (11 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 30.6 × 25 cm (12 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 48.7 × 35.2 cm (19 3/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
148792
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...