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A Tower of Cortez, 1883. Etching, with roulette, on cream chine, laid down on ivory wove paper.
Etching, with roulette, on cream chine, laid down on ivory wove paper · Plate: 30 × 25 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- A Tower of Cortez
- Artist
- Thomas Moran American, born England, 1837-1926
- Date
- 1883
- Medium
- Etching, with roulette, on cream chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 30 × 25 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 34.7 cm (15 11/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1837–1926
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.