Landscapes.
DraftsmanDrawn by
Edwin Augustus Moore
American, 1858 - 1925
DraftsmanDrawn by
Nelson Augustus Moore
American, 1824 - 1902
Date1880-1920
MediumDrawings; graphite on wove paper, tracing paper, or laid paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 x 13in. (25.4 x 33cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/4 x 13 1/16in. (26 x 33.2cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/4 x 13 1/16in. (26 x 33.2cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionLandscape compositions appear to include studies for oil paintings or watercolors. Subjects include dirt roads, houses, ponds, streams, reflections in water, fields, fences, sailing vessels, haystacks, storm clouds. Trees include leafless trees and cedar trees. One drawing shows a steam engine drawing a train across an iron railroad bridge. Another depicts the Mohonk Mountain House, a large hotel on a lake. A third is of a pond and footbridge in Hubbard Park, Meriden (2004.52.180). Another is of an industrial city with a factory and smokestack, possibly New Britain or Hartford.
Object number2004.52.165-.206
InscribedMany drawings have pencil inscriptions.On recto:
2004.52.171 inscribed in lower margin, "Outlines of Ampersand... from Tent on Amp grounds". 2004.52.194 inscribed at lower right, "Between Portland & Water S... [illegible]". 2004.52.196 inscribed at lower margin, "Evening after the Snow / Remember the peculiar lite [sic] effect". 2004.52.199 inscribed in upper margin, "All was lovely and smooth / As he slid the downward groove". 2004.52.204 inscribed at lower left, "Spring Meadows / Let the foreground be simply the 'down hill'..."
On verso:
2004.52.185 inscribed, "Mem for spring scene - from Father". 2004.52.192 inscribed, "This sky was the most magnifient of its kind I ever have seen..." 2004.52.193 inscribed at upper right, "Don't make these clouds too dark" "Take out the stump" etc. 2004.52.195 inscribed at lower left, "Portland Ct bridge". 2004.52.205 inscribed at upper left, "Laws against promiscuous use of air guns - [illegible] rifles". All drawings have accession number inscribed at lower right, in pencil.NotesArtist Note: None of the drawings are signed. Some appear to be by Edwin Augustus Moore, others by Nelson Augustus Moore. Some drawings by Edwin Augustus Moore appear to have pencil notes by Nelson Augustus Moore on them. (Finlay 8/2/2004)
Date Note: Dates are approximate. None of the drawings is dated. (Finlay 8/2/2004)
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