Jump to image

Moran, John
American (b. England, 1829-1902)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Watching Tidal Station.
SERIES TITLE: "Tropical Scenery. Darien Expedition."

1871
albumen print
9.2 x 7.5 cm. image on 10.0 x 17.7 cm. mount (dome-topped)
Museum Purchase: ex-collection Fred S. Lightfoot
81:6065:0027

OLD GEH NUMBER: EHPC 25

Horan, James D. --Timothy O'Sullivan: America's Forgotten Photographer.-- New York: Doubleday & Co., 1966. p. 225.//

INSCRIPTION: mount-recto (letterpress) "Tropical Scenery. [title] Darien Expedition. Comd'r Selfridge, Comd'g".

FRAME: pink; rounded corners.

NOTES: Catalogued 3/88, SB. Ofcourse Horan has attributed this photograph to O'Sullivan. The identification of the location makes it attributable to Moran.

SUBJECTS:
landscape, coastline
landscape, figures in

Jump to text

Reposition image