Cliffs of Ecclesbourne Near Hastings
Thomas Moran
1862
Medium
graphite with ink wash and gouache on gray wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 21.91 × 29.21 cm (8 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of James Parmelee)
Accession Number
2015.19.603
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...