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Drawing, Green River from the Ferry, Wyoming Territory, 1879–80

This is a Drawing. It was created by Thomas Moran. It is dated 1879–80 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and watercolor, white gouache on gray 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

21.9 × 36.5 cm (8 5/8 × 14 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed with monogram and dated in black ink, lower left: 1889 [corrected in graphite with 0 over the 9]

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: Green River from the Ferry. Sep 11th-79; lower left: Hazy Morning Red Yellow Gray Horizon

Cite this object as

Drawing, Green River from the Ferry, Wyoming Territory, 1879–80; Thomas Moran (American, b. Britain, 1837–1926); USA; graphite, brush and watercolor, white gouache on gray wove paper; 21.9 × 36.5 cm (8 5/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Gift of Thomas Moran; 1917-17-38

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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