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Petrified Forest, Arizona

Thomas Moran (1837-1926)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1915-1930

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Fred Harvey Trading Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. to l.c. printed: H-2513 PETRIFIED FOREST, ARIZONA. Copr. Fred Harvey.

    Verso:

    u.c. printed: FRED \ HARVEY

    c.l. printed: Thomas Moran is one of our greatest scenic \ artists and his most notable achievements are \ American subjects. Two of his masterpieces "The \ Grand Canyon of Arizona" and " The Yellowstone \ Canyon" are hung in the National Capitol at \ Washington. \ " Long before Noah fell adrift in the ark or Adam \ was, forests were growing in Arizona just as in some parts they grow today, and it befell that in the \ course of time they lay prostrate and over them \ swept the waters of an inland sea. Eons passed \ and the sands buried them deep; then the sea vanish- \ ed and when these ancient logs were uncovered to \ the sight of a world that had forgotten them, the \ sybaritic chemisty of nature had transformed every \ one of them into chalcedony, topaz, carnelain, agate \ and amethyst." \ After painting by Thomas Moran.

    l.l. printed transverse: 55064

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.329

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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