# Minerva Terrace, Yellowstone, in The Hudson River School

Thomas Moran painted this in 1872, aged 35. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> The colourful terraced pools of Mammoth Hot Springs, stained yellow, orange, red and blue by minerals, step down towards us beneath a distant purple peak and a faint rainbow.

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## The work

- Date: 1872
- Medium: watercolor and gouache with graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions: sheet: 28.58 × 22.86 cm (11 1/4 × 9 in.) mount: 30.48 × 26.67 cm (12 × 10 1/2 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012.93.2
- 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

- [More by Thomas Moran](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/thomas-moran?hang=750) (5 works)
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