Portrait of Thomas Moran

Description:

In 1876 Stephen Ferris made several pencil studies, showing his brother-in-law, artist Thomas Moran. The two men had known each other before Ferris’s marriage to Moran’s sister, Elizabeth Anastasia Moran, in 1862. Ferris had arrived in Philadelphia in 1856 and was recorded in 1861 as sharing a studio with Thomas Moran and Samuel Sartain, whose father, John Sartain, demonstrated the technique of etching for Moran and Ferris.

Thomas Moran’s etched work and that of his wife, Mary Nimmo Moran, is well represented in the NMAH Graphic Arts collection. A number of their prints came as gifts from the Ferris family.

Date Made: 1876

Original Artist: Ferris, Stephen James

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Portraits

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See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Ferris Collection, Communications, Art

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.16662Catalog Number: GA*16662Accession Number: 119,780

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: paper (overall material)graphite (overall material)Measurements: image: 10 cm x 7.5 cm; 3 15/16 in x 2 15/16 insheet: 15.5 cm x 11.5 cm; 6 1/8 in x 4 1/2 inmount: 25 cm x 18.5 cm; 9 13/16 in x 7 5/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-99af-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1347225

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