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Drawing, Donner Lake

This is a Drawing. It was created by Thomas Moran. It is dated 1879 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and grey and blue-grey watercolor, white gouache on thin cream 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

15.4 × 14 cm (6 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in brown ink, lower left (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: Donner Lake / 1879.; lower left: (44) 20

Cite this object as

Drawing, Donner Lake; Thomas Moran (American, b. Britain, 1837–1926); USA; graphite, brush and grey and blue-grey watercolor, white gouache on thin cream paper; 15.4 × 14 cm (6 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Gift of Thomas Moran; 1917-17-44

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