The Edge of the Swamp

1886

Peter Moran

Associated Names
Peter Moran

Artist, American, 1841 - 1914

Kimmel & Voigt

Printer

Cassell & Co.

Publisher

William Lamb Picknell

Artist After, American, 1854 - 1897

The image shows a frontal view of a dense forest with tall trees, some with leaves and some bare. The horizon is low, with a vast sky above the treetops featuring textured clouds. Fine brushstrokes depict the tree and grass textures. The foreground has various grass types with a bird. Past the trees, the landscape flattens, revealing some open space. The color palette is mainly sepia and brown.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26 x 19.4 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 42.7 x 32.3 cm (16 13/16 x 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.161

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wright 2010, no. 84

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Rona Schneider, Brooklyn Heights, NY); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 5, 1997; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2010

  • Wright, David Gilmore. Domestic and Wild: Peter Moran's Images of America, vol. 2. Baltimore, Maryland: Creo Press, 2010, pp. 404-407, no. 84.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: W. L. Picknell; lower right in plate: P. Moran; lower right in graphite: P. Moran

Wikidata ID

Q76355202

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