Niagara—From the Canadian Side

Niagara—From the Canadian Side by Thomas Moran

Medium

etching in brown on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 22.7 x 45.5 cm (8 15/16 x 17 15/16 in.) sheet: 31.5 x 53 cm (12 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Jacob Kainen

Accession Number

2002.98.49

About the Artist

Thomas Moran · 18371926

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...

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