Landscape (still adhered to secondary support)
Primary and secondary supports remain adhered; tertiary support: 0.387- 0.388 mm
Primary support is machine-made, wove, smooth surface, light cream in color. Attached to a secondary support at the four corners, which is minimally larger in size. The secondary support is a fragment of a magazine/newspaper page; machine-made, light cream in color and contains a portion of a printed engraving (“The Peutelsteiner chasm, Near Ampezo, in the Tyrol. “is printed beneath the engraving). The tertiary support is a machine-made, calendared surface, commercial board, beige in color (cooler and more pink in tone that the first two supports).
Born 12 January 1837; died 25 August 1926. In 1844, Moran and his family settled in Maryland. Moran began his career in the 1850s as a wood engraver in Philadelphia. In the mid-1850s, he studied painting in Philadelphia under his brother Edward Moran. Moran and his brother travelled to England in 1862 to study painting. In the 1860s, Moran also visited France and Italy. In 1871, Moran accompanied the Geological Survey of Yellowstone National Park, Colorado. In 1872, Moran established himself in New York City. In 1916, Moran moved to Santa Barbara, California. Comment on works: Landscapes
Related People:
Moran, Edward, sibling of - person American painter, 1829-1901
Moran, Edward Percy, uncle/aunt of - person American painter, 1862-1935
Moran, Mary Nimmo, spouse of - person American etcher and landscapist, 1842-1899
