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[Mount Holy Cross] / TMoran. – Vintage Print

[Mount Holy Cross] / TMoran., 1888 — antique engraving
[Mount Holy Cross] / TMoran., 1888. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare antique engraving captures [Mount Holy Cross] / TMoran. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The subject is the Mount of the Holy Cross in central Colorado, a peak whose northern face holds two snow-filled gullies that form a large white cross, visible into late summer. Thomas Moran, who had joined federal survey expeditions to the West, made this etching in 1888, drawing on the mountain's fame as a natural wonder. The plate combines etching with roulette engraving for tonal depth, and the small deer sketched in the margin, called a remarque, marks this as an early impression of the work.

Created / published1888
Medium1 print : etching and roulette engraving.
GenreLandscape prints 1880-1890.Etchings 1880-1890.
Notes25359T U.S. Copyright Office. Remarque: deer.
SubjectsMountains--Colorado--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,100 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-145170

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