# Above Tower Falls, Yellowstone, in Thomas Moran

Thomas Moran painted this in 1872, aged 35. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

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## The work

- Date: 1872
- Medium: watercolor and gouache on paper
- Dimensions: sheet: 15 x 10 1/2 in. (38.1 x 26.7 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1958.5.3
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Thomas Moran](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/thomas-moran), American, born England, 1837–1926

Moran came to Philadelphia from England as a child, trained as a wood engraver and largely taught himself to paint, deeply influenced by Turner’s work, which he studied in London.

5 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Thomas Moran's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-thomas-moran?hang=749) (8 works)
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- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=749) (198 works)

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