Drawing, The Castle from Old Faithful, Yellowstone Park

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 cream-colored 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

12 x 17.5 cm (4 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed with monogram and dated in graphite, lower right: 1892.

It is inscribed

Recto: Many notations inscribed in graphite, lower left: steam / Old Faithful; and again, lower right is the monogram and: cold white/ stream/ 1892; across top: The Castle from Old Faithful, sunset glow after Rain. Hills balck purple/ green/ clouds red glow to orange, contrasted with cold top/ Reflections in the pools of Old Faithful from Brilliant yellow green whte to / a blood red in foreground. Verso: Inscribed in graphite with color notations throughout; and in ?: No. 290.

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