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Drawing, Yellowstone, Hot Springs

This is a Drawing. It was created by Thomas Moran. It is dated July 21, 1892 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on light tan 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

24.5 x 32.2 cm (9 5/8 x 12 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, lower left: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union [Lugt 457d].

It is signed

Signed with initials and dated in graphite, lower left: July 21st 92 TM ; and again with monogram and dated in pen and black ink, lower left: TM / 1892

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: July 21st 92 TM. Dead since first visit in -71; at mid-sheet, under white gouache: old sketch of this; at upper left, under green watercolor: wooded hills; at right, under blue watercolor: hole.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Yellowstone, Hot Springs; Thomas Moran (American, b. Britain, 1837–1926); USA; brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on light tan wove paper; 24.5 x 32.2 cm (9 5/8 x 12 11/16 in.); Gift of Thomas Moran; 1917-17-70

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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