Mission Church, New Mexico
Mission Church, New Mexico
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- Description
- Thomas Moran etched this view of a mission church in New Mexico in 1881 after a photograph by friend and traveling companion William Henry Jackson (1843–1942). Moran had met Jackson in 1871 on Ferdinand V. Hayden’s Yellowstone expedition, the first government-sponsored survey of that area. Jackson and Moran worked side by side recording views. While Moran’s paintings of the West made his reputation, fewer than one-fifth of his etchings depict Western or Mexican scenes. His signature “TYM” at lower left stands for Thomas “Yellowstone” Moran.
- The church shown in this print was replaced by a stone building in the early 20th century, and the San Juan Pueblo recently changed its name to Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. It lies twenty-five miles north of Santa Fe.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Object Type
- roulette
- Etching
- Date made
- 1881
- Associated Date
- 1881
- graphic artist
- Moran, Thomas
- photographer
- Jackson, William Henry
- Associated Place
- United States: New Mexico
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- sheet: 43.2 cm x 32.9 cm; 17 in x 12 15/16 in
- plate: 20 cm x 30 cm; 7 7/8 in x 11 13/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.14750
- catalog number
- 14750
- accession number
- 94830
- subject
- Indians
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Cultures & Communities
- Ferris Collection
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Communications
- Religion
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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