Landscape; single-sided
Adhered to additional support. Window mat: 0.374- 0.375 mm
The primary support is brown, natural tracing paper adhered to thick, white, wove etching paper. A cream, Eastern paper is pasted down to the verso of the white, wove support. The three layered supports are adhered overall to light cream, smooth stock mat.
Inscribed in print in ink, "THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. 1879. First experiment. Etched on the back of a visiting card plate. 1 7/8 x 4 1/4" in lower left on recto
Signed in plate, "M. Moran [reversed]" in lower right on recto; Signed by hand in pencil, "M. Nimmo Moran." in lower center on recto
