Morning on St. John's, Florida
Thomas Moran
1886
Medium
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.4 × 21.8 cm (5 11/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Plate: 15 × 22.5 cm (5 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 27.9 × 36.5 cm (11 × 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
148790
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...