Landscape
Front cover: 1.587- 1.615 mm; Back cover: 1.354- 1.417 mm; Text Block (Leaves): 0.193- 0.202 mm
Artist's notebook (landscape orientation) full bound in brown sized calico. An elastic strap is adhered to the front cover, used to secure the notebook closed. An additional flap fabric is adhered to the head of the back cover (used to hold pencils). Total of four sections of three folded sheets are stapled together (6 leaves in each section; 22 leaves (+2 endpapers) total in original text block). The text block is composed of off-white, wove, hot-pressed paper, with curved foredges. Label sticker is located on the inside of the front cover "Sketch Book of Whatman's Drawing Paper. Series A. :Hot-Pressed" Surface. Reeves & Sons, LTD. London". At some point transported in a brown craft envelope labeled with a black ink stamp "After 5 days return to M. Knoedler & Company, Inc. 14 East 57th Street, New York 22, N.Y. Return postage guaranteed". Written at the top in graphite "Sketchbook- 1910-1912". Other Moran sketchbooks transported in similar envelopes.
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
