Print A: Castle after Turner / Thomas Moran

Curatorial Remarks

Etching and roulette with sandpaper ground, with graphite shading in foreground and clouds, early state. The etching is after an oil painting by J. M. W. Turner of Conwy Castle from 1812-1814 owned by Thomas Moran. See also 38.211. Sandra Pauly, Henry Luce Foundation Curatorial Scholar for Moran Collection Research 3.16.22

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Title(s):

Print A: Castle after Turner; Conway Castle after Turner

Creator(s):

Thomas Moran (Artist)

Joseph Mallord William Turner (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

1879

Period:

Hudson River School

Materials/Techniques:

printing ink on paper and graphite

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 0.398- 0.418 mm Dark cream/beige, heavyweight Bristol paper; ink printed on smooth side; wire side on verso

Classification:

Prints

Object Type:

Etching

Accession No:

14.391a

Previous Number(s):

1426.391A; 21763

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 16 59/64in. (43.0cm)
Width: 21 27/32in. (55.5cm)

Image:

Height: 16in. (40.6cm)
Width: 20 3/4in. (52.7cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Thomas Moran

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Moran, Thomas

Birth Date:

1837

Death Date:

1926

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American painter, 1837-1926

Gender:

male

Note:

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

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Turner, Joseph Mallord William

Birth Date:

1775

Death Date:

1851

Nationalities:

British (modern)

Roles:

English painter and draftsman, 1775-1851

Gender:

male

Events:

active (professional function)

Note:

Turner dominated British landscape painting throughout the first half of the 19th century. He established a reputation in the Royal Academy, London, as a topographical watercolorist and painter of Sublime and historical landscapes. Turner's body of work includes around three hundred paintings and over twenty thousand drawings and watercolors, the majority of which were given to the English government upon his death. Comment on works: Marines, views

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Inscribed by hand in pencil, "gmp-38.7" in lower right on verso

Signed: Signed in plate with colophon, "TM. After J.M.W. Turner" in lower center on recto

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Moran, Thomas. Print A: Castle after Turner. 14.391a. 1879. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/14391a (08/15/2017).

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