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Print, The Empty Cradle, 1880

This is a Print. It was created by Thomas Moran. It is dated 1880 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is etching in black ink on tan paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 21.5 × 16 cm (8 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.) Sheet: 29.8 × 44.4 cm (11 3/4 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: HANDMADE SWEDEN

It is signed

Signed in plate with artist's monogram and date, lower left: TM / 1880; signed in graphite, lower left: T. Moran.

Cite this object as

Print, The Empty Cradle, 1880; Thomas Moran (American, b. Britain, 1837–1926); USA; etching in black ink on tan paper; Platemark: 21.5 × 16 cm (8 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.) Sheet: 29.8 × 44.4 cm (11 3/4 × 17 1/2 in.); 1948-56-2

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