Green River, Wyoming Territory
Thomas Moran
1886
Medium
etching in brown on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.2 x 20.2 cm (5 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 23.2 x 30.2 cm (9 1/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
2002.98.164
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...