Object Details
original artist
Ferris, Stephen James
Description
In 1876 Stephen Ferris made several pencil studies, showing his brother-in-law, artist Thomas Moran. The two men had known each other before Ferris’s marriage to Moran’s sister, Elizabeth Anastasia Moran, in 1862. Ferris had arrived in Philadelphia in 1856 and was recorded in 1861 as sharing a studio with Thomas Moran and Samuel Sartain, whose father, John Sartain, demonstrated the technique of etching for Moran and Ferris.
Thomas Moran’s etched work and that of his wife, Mary Nimmo Moran, is well represented in the NMAH Graphic Arts collection. A number of their prints came as gifts from the Ferris family.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1876
ID Number
GA.16662
catalog number
GA*16662
accession number
119,780
Object Name
drawing
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
graphite (overall material)
Measurements
image: 10 cm x 7.5 cm; 3 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in
sheet: 15.5 cm x 11.5 cm; 6 1/8 in x 4 1/2 in
mount: 25 cm x 18.5 cm; 9 13/16 in x 7 5/16 in
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Ferris Collection
Communications
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Portraits
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1347225