Dollwydellan Tower; Dolwydellan Tower; Dolwydellan Tower where Llewellan the Great was Born
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Artist)
Culture:
American
Date:
September 15, 1906
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
graphite on paper
Paper/Support:
Landscape; single-sided
0.055- 0.056 mm
Machine-made, wove, cream colored, lined notebook paper (lines are faint grey). The lines are embossed, creating a striped surface texture.
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
