View from Powell's Plateau, Grand Canyon, Colorado

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926
Description
Recto: View of the Grand Canyon from the rim of Powell's Plateau, one of the most scenic vistas of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River, named after the explorer and geologist John Wesley Powell, leader of the Colorado River Expedition.
Verso: Barely decipherable landscape (?) in ruled graphite border.
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Moran
1873
Accession Number
1917-17-26
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Recto: Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on tan wove paper Verso: Graphite on paper
Dimensions
19 x 27.1 cm (7 1/2 x 10 11/16in.)
place depicted
Colorado, USA
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Record ID
chndm_1917-17-26
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46eed14cc-8c20-44b3-adef-697639770ba3
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