A Tower of Cortez

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Thomas Moran

Title

A Tower of Cortez

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1883

Medium

Etching, with roulette, on cream chine, laid down on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 30 × 25 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 34.7 cm (15 11/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

2013.820

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