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[Thomas Moran, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing hat and coat] / Sarony, photo. – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Thomas Moran, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing hat and coat] / Sarony, photo., [between 1890 and 1896] — historic print
[Thomas Moran, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing hat and coat] / Sarony, photo., [between 1890 and 1896]. Historic print from the Yellowstone collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Thomas Moran, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing hat and coat] / Sarony, photo., a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Thomas Moran, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing hat and coat] / Sarony, photo.

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Here Thomas Moran appears in a half-length pose, turned to the left and dressed in hat and coat, in a photogravure made from a portrait by the New York photographer Napoleon Sarony. Moran is best known for his large Yellowstone landscapes, including work from the 1871 Hayden Survey expedition, and his paintings were widely credited with helping persuade Congress to set aside Yellowstone as the first national park in 1872. Photogravure, a photomechanical process prized in the 1890s for its fine tonal detail, was often used to reproduce such studio portraits in magazines and books.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1896]
Medium1 photomechanical print : photogravure.
GenrePortraits 1890-1900.Photogravures 1890-1900.
SubjectsMoran, Thomas,--1837-1926.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,213 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-191592

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