Morning
Thomas Moran
1886
Medium
etching, sandpaper ground, and roulette in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 30.2 x 45.5 cm (11 7/8 x 17 15/16 in.) sheet: 35 x 52 cm (13 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
2002.98.165
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...