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Drawing, Lower Fire Hole, Geyser Basin, Yellowstone

This is a Drawing. It was created by Thomas Moran. It is dated 1892 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on brown wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Thomas Moran. It is credited Gift of Thomas Moran.

Its dimensions are

23.5 × 30.5 cm (9 1/4 × 12 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Lalanne.

It is signed

Signed with initials and dated in graphite, upper left: T. M. 1876. [76 struck out] : 92.

It is inscribed

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, upper left: Lower Fire Hole Geyser Basin/ The fountain geyser on the Hill/ steam reflects the color on the Edges/ like prismatic spring. T. M. 1876 [76 struck out]: 92.; again with notations: Fountain/ Dark Stormy Sky; and color notations. Verso: Inscribed in ?: No. 288.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Lower Fire Hole, Geyser Basin, Yellowstone; Thomas Moran (American, b. Britain, 1837–1926); USA; graphite on brown wove paper; 23.5 × 30.5 cm (9 1/4 × 12 in.); Gift of Thomas Moran; 1917-17-52

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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