Home, Sweet Home

1885

Mary Nimmo Moran

Associated Names
Mary Nimmo Moran

Artist, American, born Scotland, 1842 - 1899

Christian Klackner

Publisher, American, 1850 - 1916

The image features a low vantage point looking slightly upwards towards trees and houses, with the horizon out of view. The artwork is done in an etching style with detailed line work forming textures of leaves, rooftops, and grass. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of brown and beige. A path leads towards cottages nestled among tall trees.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William P. Carl Fine Prints, Northampton, MA); Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 1993; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1889

  • Klackner, Christian. A Catalogue of the Complete Etched Works of Thomas Moran, N.A., and M. Nimmo Moran, S.P.E.. New York: C. Klackner's, 1889, p. 21, no. 41.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: The "Home Sweet Home" / of John Howard Payne / Easthampton; lower right in plate: M.N. MORAN 1885; lower left in graphite: M. Nimmo Moran

Wikidata ID

Q76457069

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