Point Isabel, Florida

1887

Mary Nimmo Moran

Associated Names
Mary Nimmo Moran

Artist, American, born Scotland, 1842 - 1899

The image shows an etched landscape with rugged terrain, plants, a dirt path, hills with vegetation, a body of water, and a tree line on the horizon. The sky has swirling clouds etched with fine lines. The artwork features intricate lines for texture and depth, creating a contrast between darks of plant life and the lighter sky. The color palette is tan and black.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.94 × 15.24 cm (3 1/8 × 6 in.)
    sheet: 23.65 × 31.27 cm (9 5/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1315

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Klackner 1889, no. 53

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

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. 22, no. 53.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: MNM 1887; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: Mary Nimmo Moran

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77013193

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