Tropical Scenery, View Near Chipigana
1871
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 20.3 x 27.9 cm (8 x 11 in.) Mount: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.921
Tags
Art Historical Context
John Moran's "Tropical Scenery, View Near Chipigana" (1871) presents a serene forest landscape, its dense foliage and layered vegetation rendered with delicate tonal gradations. Created during a period of growing interest in photographic exploration, the image invites viewers to experience the quiet grandeur of a tropical setting through the eyes of an early practitioner. Moran worked with the albumen silver print process from a glass negative, a technique prized in the 1870s for its ability to capture fine detail and luminous highlights. The resulting 8-by-11-inch print, mounted on a larger ...
About the Artist
John Moran · 1821–1903
John Moran (1821–1903) was a British-born American landscape painter and photographer who became a significant figure in the artistic life of Philadelphia during the second half of the nineteenth century. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and settled in Philadelphia, where he became closely associated with one of the most remarkable artistic fami...