Peter Moran
United States (born England) 1841-1914 Mowing, 1887
Etching
Loan: Collection of Steven Schmidt
Peter Moran (brother of artist Thomas Moran) was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. In 1844 the family came to Maryland and eventually settled in Philadelphia. The harness for this team of horses pulling a sickle-bar mower is accurately conceived. The strings hanging from the horses’ backs help keep the flies away (Flory & Fishburn interview).
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