Thomas Moran & John Frederick Kensett

Lake George

Thomas Moran - Lake George - Original Etching

"Lake George" represents a most interesting, original etching. Executed by America's finest nineteenth century landscape etcher, Thomas Moran, it is based upon a famous painting by a major Hudson River School artist, John Frederick Kensett. Originally painted in 1869, Kensett's "Lake George" is now on permanent display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A particular challenge for Thomas Moran was to convey the size and depth of the painting, which measures almost four by six feet, in an etching of about six by eight inches. This he clearly achieves by in part combining fine details with dramatic areas of light and shade.

Thomas Moran's "Lake George" was published in 1887 by Charles Scribner's Sons in a limited edition of 500 impressions for their four volume set entitled, "Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings".

Original etching by the nineteenth century American artist, Thomas Moran designed by John Frederick Kensett.

Lake George

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Thomas Moran (Bolton, England, 1837 - Santa Barbara, California, 1926)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		A Southerly Wind and a Cloudy Sky Proclaim it a Hunting Morning by Thomas Moran	Original Etching	c. 1882	Signed with Thomas Moran's distinctive monogramme in the lower right corner of the plate.
02.-		A Storm in the Mountains by Thomas Moran published for The Aldine, The Art Journal of America	Original Wood Engraving	1875	Signed with Thomas Moran's distinctive monogramme in the lower left corner within the image.
03.-		Lake George by Thomas Moran designed by John Frederick Kensett	Original Etching	1887	Signed with Thomas Moran's distinctive monogramme in the lower right corner of the plate.	Sold
04.-		Passaic Meadows (In The Newark Meadows) by Thomas Moran	Original Etching	1880	Signed with Thomas Moran's distinctive monogramme in the lower right corner of the plate.

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Title:	Lake George
Designer:	Kensett, John Frederick (Cheshire, CT, 1818 - New York City, 1872)
Etcher:	Moran, Thomas (Bolton, England, 1837 - Santa Barbara, CA, 1926)
Date:	1887
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Note:	Thomas Moran: Now considered the greatest master of the American etching revival, Thomas Moran immigrated with his family to Maryland at the age of seven. He was apprenticed to the Philadelphia wood engraving firm of Scattergood and Telfer, working there from 1853 to 1855. During this time he taught himself to paint in both water colors and oils.
	In 1862 Thomas Moran went to England in the company of his brother, Edward Moran, a marine painter. There they studied the art of such masters as J. M. W. Turner and Claude Lorrain. Turner, in particular, had a long lasting effect on Moran’s art. Thomas Moran settled permanently in New York in 1872 and spent his summers at his country home in East Hampton, Long Island. A number of his original etchings depict scenes close to this home.
	The art of Thomas Moran first received widespread attention as a result of his 1871 trip to the Yellowstone region with the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. His spectacular art from this expedition was exhibited in Washington DC and directly influenced Congress to establish Yellowstone National Park. Moran made a further trip to the territory of Wyoming in 1879. One of Wyoming’s greatest landmarks, Mount Moran, is named after him.
	Thomas Moran was elected an Academician of the National Academy of Design in 1884. He was also a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Artists’ Fund Society, the American Water Color Society, the New York Etching Club and the Society of American Etchers. His paintings and etchings are housed in most major American museums.
	Moran made his first original etching in 1856. He took up etching again in 1878 and during the following decade produced almost one hundred valuable works of art in this medium, both after his own designs and those of his contemporaries.
	John Frederick Kensett: A leading Hudson River School painter, John Frederick Kensett studied art in England, France and Italy from 1840 to 1848. Upon his return to the United States he established a studio in the New York University Building and, a year later, was elected a National Academician. In 1870 J. F. Kensett was appointed a member of the first Board of Trustees for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
	Well travelled, John Frederick Kensett painted scenes in West Virginia, Ohio, Maine, Colorado and the Rockies. His most familiar scenes, however, are the Hudson River Valley, the Adirondack Mountains and the Lake George area of upstate New York.
Source:	Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings
Edition:	Limited edition of five hundred impressions.
Size:	5 7/8 X 8 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon fine china paper and pressed onto a larger sheet of wove paper and with full margins as published in the limited edition of 500 impressions in 1887. Signed with Moran’s distinctive monogram in the lower left corner of the plate. A very well printed impression with full tonal values and in good condition throughout. "Lake George" stands as a prime, original example of the nineteenth century American art of Thomas Moran and John Frederick Kensett.
Subject:	Thomas Moran, John Frederick Kensett, "Lake George", original etching, Hudson River School, Metropolitan Museum of Art, upstate New York, Nineteenth Century American etchers.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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