The Empty Cradle

The Empty Cradle by Thomas Moran

Medium

etching in black on silk

Dimensions

image: 20 × 14.61 cm (7 7/8 × 5 3/4 in.) sheet: 24.92 × 18.1 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

Classification

Print

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

2008.115.3593

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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