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Portrait of Grandma Moran

American History Museum

Print by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris - Grandma Moran
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Object Details

graphic artist

Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome

Description

Gerome Ferris thought enough of this etching, Grandma Moran, of his maternal grandmother, Mary Higson Moran, that he exhibited it in 1880 at the annual show of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he was enrolled as a student. He made the print in 1879 after an 1876 pencil sketch by his father, Stephen Ferris, who had taught him to etch.
Mary Moran was the mother of artists Peter, Edward, John, and Thomas Moran, brothers of Elizabeth Moran Ferris.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Date made

1879

ID Number

GA.14435.01

accession number

94830

catalog number

14435.01

Object Name

print

Physical Description

paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)

Measurements

image: 10.5 cm x 8 cm; 4 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in
plate: 13.5 cm x 10 cm; 5 5/16 in x 3 15/16 in
sheet: 28 cm x 22 cm; 11 in x 8 11/16 in

place made

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Ferris Collection
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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Portraits

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-b240-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1001795

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