Portrait of Mother Moran

Description (Brief):

Mother Moran or Mary Higson Moran, shown in the signed pencil drawing, was the mother of Stephen Ferris’s wife Elizabeth Anastasia as well as the artists Thomas, Peter, Edward and John, Moran. For Gerome Ferris’s etching of this subject made in 1880, see GA*14435.01.

Date Made: 1867

Original Artist: Ferris, Stephen James

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject: FamilyPortraits

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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.16657Catalog Number: 16657Accession Number: 119780

Object Name: drawingObject Type: Drawings

Physical Description: paper (overall material)graphite (overall material)Measurements: sheet: 16 cm x 10 cm; 6 5/16 in x 3 15/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-99e4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1345974

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