# American Plains with Mountain Range in the Distance, in Hudson River School

Thomas Moran painted this (before 1872), aged 35. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

From the museum's label:

> Plains with mountain range in the distance.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

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## The work

- Date: before 1872
- Medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: 19.1 x 12.3 cm (7 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1917-17-15-a
- 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=749) (5 works)
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