Sunrise—The Pond, Easthampton, Long Island
1881
Medium
etching and drypoint in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.27 × 18.1 cm (4 7/16 × 7 1/8 in.) sheet: 22.38 × 30.32 cm (8 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)
Accession Number
2015.19.1318
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...