Tower Falls, Yellowstone

Tower Falls, Yellowstone
Tower Falls, Yellowstone

Tower Falls, Yellowstone

Date1880
Artist Thomas Moran American painter and printmaker, 1837–1926
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 11 3/16 × 7 13/16 in. (28.4 × 19.8 cm)
sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (44.5 × 31.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph S. Gotlieb, 1967
Object number1967-37
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn 1871, the Hayden expedition set out to survey the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, and Moran joined them as the team's artist. His depictions of the natural wonders of Yellowstone helped convince Congress to create the first national park.