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Drawing, Lizard Head Peak, Colorado

This is a Drawing. It was created by Thomas Moran. It is dated January 8, 1893 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white laid 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

Frame: 39.7 x 50.2 cm (15 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Old/Berkshire/Mills/l891 Stamped in black ink, lower left: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union [Lugt 457d].

It is signed

Signed with initials and dated in graphite, upper left: Lizard Head/ Jan 8th 1893/ TM.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: Lizard Head/ Jan 8th l893/ TM; again "S" notations indicating snowy areas throughout. Inscribed by a later hand in graphite, lower left: (73) / 51

Cite this object as

Drawing, Lizard Head Peak, Colorado; Thomas Moran (American, b. Britain, 1837–1926); USA; graphite on white laid paper ; Frame: 39.7 x 50.2 cm (15 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.); Gift of Thomas Moran; 1917-17-73

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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