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View from Powell's Plateau, Grand Canyon, Colorado

Cooper Hewitt

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    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

    Date

    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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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46eed14cc-8c20-44b3-adef-697639770ba3

    Record ID

    chndm_1917-17-26

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