A Landscape after M. B. Foster / Thomas Moran

Curatorial Remarks

Etching and drypoint. Sandra Pauly, Henry Luce Foundation Curatorial Scholar for Moran Collection Research 3.16.22

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Title(s):

A Landscape after M. B. Foster

Creator(s):

Thomas Moran (Artist)

Myles Birket Foster (After)

Culture:

American

Date:

1856

Period:

Hudson River School

Materials/Techniques:

printing ink on paper

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided Primary support: 0.099- 0.100. Secondary support: 0.528- 0.530 mm. Back mount: 0.326- 0.358 mm. Overmount: 1.172- 0.198 mm Primary support is a taupe-grey, thin, machine-made paper (resembles newsprint). The secondary support and back mount are both wove, cotton bristol paper; light cream in color. The overmount has a wood pulp core covered with colored machine-made artist paper; cream/yellow in color on front

Classification:

Prints

Object Type:

Etching

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1964

Accession No:

14.400

Previous Number(s):

1426.400; 39100

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 6 27/64in. (16.3cm)
Width: 6 9/64in. (15.6cm)

Image:

Height: 3 1/4in. (8.3cm)
Width: 3 7/8in. (9.8cm)

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:

Myles Birket Foster

Role(s):

After

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Foster, Myles Birket

Birth Date:

1825

Death Date:

1899

Nationalities:

British (modern)

Roles:

English painter and engraver, 1825-1899

Gender:

male

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Nº 1. 1st plate" in upper left on recto; Inscribed in print in black ink, "1 A LANDSCAPE. 1856. Mr. Moran's first plate. Etched after a wood cut by Birket Foster. 3¼x3¾" in lower center on verso; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "My first plate. after Foster. 1856 about" on mount in lower center on recto

Signed: Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M. 1856" in lower right on recto

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Moran, Thomas. A Landscape after M. B. Foster. 14.400. 1856. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/14400 (08/15/2017).

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A Landscape after M. B. Foster / Thomas Moran

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