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Print, The Wave

This is a Print. It was created by Thomas Moran. It is dated 1880 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is etching in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 14.4 × 29.4 cm (5 11/16 × 11 9/16 in.) Sheet: 30.1 × 44 cm (11 7/8 × 17 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate with artist's monogram and date, lower left: T Moran / 1880; signed in graphite, lower left center: T. Moran.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: The Wave

Cite this object as

Print, The Wave; Thomas Moran (American, b. Britain, 1837–1926); USA; etching in black ink on paper; Platemark: 14.4 × 29.4 cm (5 11/16 × 11 9/16 in.) Sheet: 30.1 × 44 cm (11 7/8 × 17 5/16 in.); 1948-56-4

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