Bridge in the Pass of Glencoe—Scotland
Thomas Moran
1882
Medium
etching and roulette in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 23.5 x 29.5 cm (9 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.) sheet: 33.7 x 43.8 cm (13 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
2002.98.163
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...