Bridge in the Pass of Glencoe
Thomas Moran
1882
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 9.2 × 15 cm (3 5/8 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 23 × 30.7 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
148791
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...