id:			155989
accession number:	1991.273
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.273
updated:		2025-02-09 04:45:44.486000

Islands in Limón Bay, 1871. John Moran (American, 1829–1902). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 22.3 x 28.5 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1991.273

title:				Islands in Limón Bay
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creation date:			1871
creation date earliest:		1871
creation date latest:		1871
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America
technique:	albumen print from wet collodion negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* John Moran (American, 1829–1902)  - artist
John Moran American, b. England, 1829-1902

John Moran (born in Bolton) is known best as a landscape photographer who worked in Philadelphia. As early as 1859, when his name first appeared in the city directory, Moran produced artistic architectural views that were considered technically superior. His landscape work included private estates, as well as views of nature in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. The painting of the era, perhaps through his brother, landscape artist Thomas Moran, strongly influenced his images.
	Moran became a member of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia in 1862, serving as vice president in 1872. He worked as a government survey photographer, replacing Timothy O'Sullivan in 1871 on the Darien Exhibition, which surveyed the Isthmus of Panama in search of a canal route, and in 1874 traveled to Tasmania and South Africa to photograph the transit of Venus. Moran returned to Philadelphia, but later abandoned photography to paint landscapes. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 22.3 x 28.5 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in brown ink on verso: "Islands in Limon Bay / with Res[unclear]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, Houston
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 248
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.273/1991.273_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.273/1991.273_full.tif