Sunrise—The Pond, East Hampton
Thomas Moran
1883
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.1 × 17.9 cm (4 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.); Plate: 11.3 × 18.1 cm (4 1/2 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24 × 31.1 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
156297
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...