Morning on St. John's, Florida

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Morning on St. John's, Florida, 1886. Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper.

Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper · Image: 14.4 × 21.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Morning on St. John's, Florida
Artist: Thomas Moran American, born England, 1837-1926
Date: 1886
Medium: Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 14.4 × 21.8 cm (5 11/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Plate: 15 × 22.5 cm (5 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 27.9 × 36.5 cm (11 × 14 3/8 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

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.