Occasionally Moran created larger watercolor images for exhibition, such as this view of the hot springs on Gardiner's River in Yellowstone. In a letter to Hayden dated 28 January 1873, he wrote: "I shall send down the large water color drawings of the Springs next week to Barlow on Penna Av. [Washington, D.C.] for exhibition for a week or two. It will attract attention I think."