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Photograph, On the Upper Delaware (after a charcoal drawing)

This is a Photograph. It was created by Thomas Moran. It is dated 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is calotype with brush and dark-brown and white watercolor on thin off-white 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

23 x 34.8 cm (9 1/16 x 13 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, lower left corner: Moran / 1865.

Cite this object as

Photograph, On the Upper Delaware (after a charcoal drawing); Thomas Moran (American, b. Britain, 1837–1926); USA; calotype with brush and dark-brown and white watercolor on thin off-white wove paper; 23 x 34.8 cm (9 1/16 x 13 11/16 in.); Gift of Thomas Moran; 1917-17-4

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