The Head of the Yellowstone River (Yellowstone River Morning; The Yellowstone River)
Thomas Moran, American, 1837 - 1926
1879
Etching on wove paper
Plate: 9 × 7 1/16 in. (22.9 × 17.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
PR.954.20.399
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: The Yellowstone River; lower right: TM (monogram) 1879; signed, in graphite, lower left margin: T. Moran. Watermark: HANDMADE/SWEDEN
Exhibition History
Nineteeth Century American Prints, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 25-June 12, 1977.
Provenance
Collected by Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York, 1951; given to present collection, 1954.
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