Looking Over the Sand Dunes - Easthampton
Thomas Moran
1880
Medium
Etching and aquatint on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 14.8 × 31 cm (5 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.); Sheet: 29.7 × 44.4 cm (11 3/4 × 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149570
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...