Portrait of Mother Moran
Portrait of Mother Moran
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- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- drawing
- Object Type
- Drawings
- date made
- 1867
- original artist
- Ferris, Stephen James
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- graphite (overall material)
- Measurements
- sheet: 16 cm x 10 cm; 6 5/16 in x 3 15/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.16657
- catalog number
- 16657
- accession number
- 119780
- subject
- Family
- Portraits
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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