Mountain of the Holy Cross, Colorado
1888
Medium
etching, roulette, and aquatint in brown on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 67.31 x 47.31 cm (26 1/2 x 18 5/8 in.) plate: 77.47 x 54.29 cm (30 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.) sheet: 84.8 x 63.6 cm (33 3/8 x 25 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.3589
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...