The origin of these prints has been little known, but they were produced as a free gift for subscribers to an art periodical called THE ALDINE, published by James Sutton & Company of New York. The "Cliffs of Green River" print is identified on the ver...
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On label on verso: " ... the scene of Mr. Moran's picture is laid in the heart of the Great American Desert Directon on the line of the Union Pacifc Railroad. Its colors as seen in nature have been faithfully rendered by Mr. Moran, and are characteris...
Print shows a group of eight men on a flat boat navigating down river. One man stands on a platform and dances to music played ̣̣̣̀by a fidler on his left and another on his right playing a cooking pan as a frame drum; others watch. One man, at right,...