The Rapids Above Niagara
Thomas Moran
1886
Medium
Etching in brown on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 15 × 20.4 cm (5 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 23.2 × 31 cm (9 3/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129525
About the Artist
Thomas Moran · 1837–1926
Thomas Moran (1837–1926) was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School whose dramatic paintings of the American West played a pivotal role in the creation of the national parks. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, he emigrated with his family to Philadelphia as a child. He was largely self-taught, though he apprenticed briefly with a wood engraver and studied the work of J.M.W...