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accession number:	1915.689
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Fort George Island, Florida, 1878. Thomas Moran (American, 1837–1926). Oil on canvas; unframed: 64.8 x 54.7 cm (25 1/2 x 21 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1915.689

title:				Fort George Island, Florida
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creation date:			1878
creation date earliest:		1878
creation date latest:		1878
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creditline:			Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Thomas Moran (American, 1837–1926)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 64.8 x 54.7 cm (25 1/2 x 21 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  TMORAN / TMORAN. 1878 [TM in monogram].
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Inaugural Exhibition
	opening date:   1916-06-06T05:00:00
	<i>Inaugural Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'New York, Kurtz Gallery, First Exhibition of The Society of American Artists (6 March-5 April 1878), cat. no. 12.', 'opening_date': '1878-03-06T04:56:02Z'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, High School Building, Euclid Avenue, Loan Exhibition (1878); Room number 6, cat. no. 44, p. 87.', 'opening_date': '1878-07-01T04:56:02Z'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Inaugural Exhibition (6 June-20 September 1916), cat. no. 32, listed p. 129.', 'opening_date': '1916-06-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': "Oberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin's 125th Anniversary Exhibition (15-30 October 1958)", 'opening_date': '1958-10-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Mansfield, OH, The Mansfield Art Center, The American Landscape (8 March-5 April 1981), cat. no. 22 as Fort George Island, Coast of Florida.', 'opening_date': '1981-03-08T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Gainesville, FL, University Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of Florida, Florida Visionaries: 1870-1930 (19 February-26 March 1989), cat. not numbered; illus. p. 50.', 'opening_date': '1989-02-19T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Miss Rose Durfee, 1878; Hinman B. Hurlbut, Cleveland.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Strahan, Edward, ed. <em>The Art Treasures of America: Being the Choicest Works of Art in the Public and Private Collections of North America</em>. vol. 8. Philadelphia: Gebbie &amp; Barrie, 1879.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 74
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	Wilkins, Thurman. <em>Thomas Moran, Artist of the Mountains</em>. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 108-119, 189-190; Reproduced: following p. 96
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. "A Check List: American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in The Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 60:1 (January, 1973). pp. 1-36.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 31, cat. 136
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	Carr, Archie. "Eden Changes." In <em>Born of the Sun: The Official Florida Bicentennial Commemorative Book</em>. Blank, Joan, and Beth R. Read, eds. Hollywood, FL: Florida Bicentennial Commemorative Journal, 1975.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 95
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	Bienenstock, Jennifer A. Martin. "The Formation and Early Years of the Society of American Artists, 1877-1884." Ph.D. dissertation, The City University of New York, 1983.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 10, 33-72
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	Burke, Doreen Bolger, and Catherine Hoover Voorsanger. "The Hudson River School in Eclipse." In <em>American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School</em>. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 89; Reproduced: p. 89, fig. 4.24
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	Chong, Alan. <em>European &amp; American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 161
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	Wilkins, Thurman, and Caroline Lawson Hinkley. <em>Thomas Moran: Artist of the Mountains</em>. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 151-173
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