The Pool, 1884

This richly inked and finely detailed Moran etching measures 7 7/8 x 11 5/8 inches. Pencil signed with frog remarque on lower right margin. Cat: Wright-70, fourth state. Part of the "Twenty Original American Etchings" series published by the Cassell Publishing Co. Peter Moran was a well known American painter and etcher and one of the foremost artists of the American etching revival of the late 19th century. He was known for his images of cows and farm animals, as well as his atmospheric scenes of the American Southwest. His brother, Thomas Moran, was also a well-known etcher and founder of the New York Etching Society.