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Peter Moran

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WA-00047076

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Smithsonianhttps://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=3405
Tier 1 · Institutional95%

About

Why this artist matters now

Peter Moran was a British-born American painter and etcher. His siblings Thomas and Edward were also painters and his brother John was an important Philadelphia photographer. Peter Moran is best known as a printmaker during the etching revival of the 1880s.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 95% · Updated 17d ago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (18)

The Evening Hour

1889 · etching in black

image: 20.3 × 33 cm (8 × 13 in.) plate: 22.7 × 34.7 cm (8 15/16 × 13 11/16 in.) sheet: 30.5 × 43.2 cm (12 × 17 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A New England Road

1888 · etching in black

image: 31 × 47 cm (12 3/16 × 18 1/2 in.) sheet: 45.9 × 61.7 cm (18 1/16 × 24 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Santa Barbara Mission

1886 · etching in black

image: 29.9 × 49.2 cm (11 3/4 × 19 3/8 in.) sheet: 36.3 × 53.2 cm (14 5/16 × 20 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Edge of the Swamp

1886 · etching in black on wove paper

plate: 26 x 19.4 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.) sheet: 42.7 x 32.3 cm (16 13/16 x 12 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Ploughman

1886 · etching in black on wove paper

image: 33.97 × 48.58 cm (13 3/8 × 19 1/8 in.) plate: 43.18 × 55.25 cm (17 × 21 3/4 in.) sheet: 49 × 64.1 cm (19 5/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

On the Road to Santa Fe

1884 · etching in black

plate: 29.2 × 44.5 cm (11 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.) sheet: 37.6 × 50 cm (14 13/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Harvest at San Juan, New Mexico

1883 · etching in black

plate: 15.6 × 32 cm (6 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.) sheet: 32.3 × 48.1 cm (12 11/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Santa Fe

1883 · etching in black on wove paper

plate: 11.4 x 17.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.) sheet: 19.5 x 24.5 cm (7 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

York River

1882 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 17.62 × 26.99 cm (6 15/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Newburyport

1882 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 16.83 × 27.31 cm (6 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Norwich, Connecticut

1882 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 17.46 × 26.99 cm (6 7/8 × 10 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Burrow Train, New Mexico

1880 · laid paper

plate: 16.67 × 23.97 cm (6 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 24.29 × 32.39 cm (9 9/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Returning Herd

1880 · etching

Image: 24.8 x 21 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 41.1 x 26.7 cm (16 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Matted: 43.7 x 37.3 cm (17 3/16 x 14 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Harvest at San Juan, New Mexico

1878 · etching in black on wove paper

plate: 15.3 x 31.2 cm (6 x 12 5/16 in.) sheet: 35.5 x 46.3 cm (14 x 18 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Noonday Rest

1877 · laid paper

plate: 10.48 × 15.72 cm (4 1/8 × 6 3/16 in.) sheet: 24.13 × 33.5 cm (9 1/2 × 13 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Horse, Fort Stanton, New Mexico

1877 · Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper

9 13/16 x 12 13/16 in. (24.9 x 32.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the Road to Santa Fe

1875 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Harvest at San Juan, New Mexico

1875 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

28 entries · 2 sources

The Burrow Train, New Mexico
1880 · Nga · 4 prov
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The Noonday Rest
1877 · Nga · 4 prov
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Horse, Fort Stanton, New Mexico
1877 · Met · 3 prov
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Santa Barbara Mission
1886 · Nga · 3 prov
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Harvest at San Juan, New Mexico
1883 · Nga · 3 prov
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The Edge of the Swamp
1886 · Nga · 3 prov
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The Evening Hour
1889 · Nga · 3 prov
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On the Road to Santa Fe
1884 · Nga · 3 prov
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The Returning Herd
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Harvest at San Juan, New Mexico
1875 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Harvest at San Juan, New Mexico (c. 1883)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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