The Parrish Art Museum - East End Stories

Thomas Moran

American, born England 1837–1926

Between 1879 and 1922, Thomas Moran, one of America’s preeminent landscapists, spent most of his summers in East Hampton. In 1884, Moran built a “studio cottage,” as the East Hampton Star then referred to 229 Main Street, which overlooks the verdant common. Born in Lancashire, England, in 1837, he enjoyed gliding across Hook Pond in East Hampton in a gondola once owned by Robert Browning. He sketched various sites in and around East Hampton and Montauk, including Georgica Pond and Napeague, but his fame resides mostly in his large oils of the Grand Canyon, the Three Tetons, and sites around Yellowstone. Many of these works average twenty by thirty feet, and some are as large as thirty by sixty. The panoramic vistas feature dramatic sunsets, ocher rock formations, white-water rapids, and perspectives that stretch for miles. Known also for his watercolors, drawings, etchings, lithographs, engravings, and illustrations, Moran participated at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and other large exhibitions. “I prefer to paint western scenes,” he declared in 1892, “but the Eastern people don’t appreciate the grand scenery of the Rockies. They are not familiar with mountain effects and it is much easier to sell a picture of a Long Island swamp than the grandest picture of Colorado.”
[Phyllis Tuchman]

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- A Glimpse of the Missisquoi
- Engraving
- Plate: 5 7/16 x 8 5/16 inches; Sheet: 16 1/2 x 11 7/16 inches
- 1961.3.104
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- A Road Near the Sea - Easthampton, 1880
- Etching
- Plate: 7 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches; Sheet: 10 3/16 x 13 7/8 inches
- 1976.1.38
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- A Southerly Wind, 1880
- Etching
- Plate: 4 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches; Sheet: 7 3/4 x 11 inches
- 1976.1.35
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- A Storm in the Mountains
- Engraving
- Plate: 10 15/16 x 8 inches; Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches
- 1961.3.107
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- A Storm in Utah
- Engraving
- Plate: 10 3/8 x 7 15/16 inches; Sheet: 16 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches
- 1961.3.106
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- A Tower of Cortez - Mexico, 1883
- Etching
- Plate: 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches; Sheet: 16 x 13 inches
- 1961.3.168
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- A Tower of Cortez - Mexico, 1883
- Etching
- Plate: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches; Sheet: 19 1/4 x 14 inches
- 1976.1.46
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- A Wreck - Montauk, 1886-1888
- Etching
- Plate: 5 13/16 x 7 7/8 inches; Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
- 1961.3.167
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- An Apple Orchard - Easthampton, L.I., 1883
- Etching
- Plate: 11 1/2 x 17 5/8 inches; Sheet: 17 3/4 x 23 3/8 inches
- 1976.1.45
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- An English River, 1882
- Etching
- Plate: 5 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; Sheet: 11 3/16 x 15 5/8 inches
- 1976.1.39
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- An English River, 1882
- Etching
- 5 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches
- 1976.1.490
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- Bridge and Trees, 1878
- Etching
- Plate: 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches; Sheet: 11 x 6 1/4 inches
- 1976.1.44
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- Cat Mountain, Lake George
- Engraving
- Plate: 5 7/16 x 8 7/16 inches; Sheet: 8 1/8 x 11 11/16 inches
- 1961.3.103
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Colburn's Butte in Kannarro Canyon
- Engraving
- Plate: 10 5/16 x 7 15/16 inches; Sheet: 16 9/16 x 11 5/8 inches
- 1961.3.89
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Devil's Gate, Weber Canyon
- Engraving
- Plate: 9 1/16 x 6 5/16 inches; Sheet: 13 1/16 x 10 inches
- 1961.3.92A
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Devil's Slide, Weber Canyon
- Engraving
- Plate: 7 1/8 x 4 inches; Sheet: 13 1/16 x 10 inches
- 1961.3.92B
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Donner Lake, Nevada
- Engraving
- Plate: 9 7/8 x 6 3/16 inches; Sheet: 12 3/16 x 10 1/16 inches
- 1961.3.95
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Evening on the Delaware, 1874
- Engraving
- Plate: 4 1/2 x 5 15/16 inches; Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 inches
- 1961.3.87
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Fishing at the Lake
- Lithograph
- Plate: 8 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches; Sheet: 9 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches
- 1961.3.170
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Fourteen Mile Island, Lake George
- Engraving
- Plate: 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches; Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
- 1961.3.100
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Giant's Gap
- Engraving
- Plate: 6 1/2 inches diameter; Sheet: 12 7/16 x 10 1/8 inches
- 1961.3.94B
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Green River, Wyoming Territory, 1886
- Etching
- Plate: 5 1/4 x 8 inches; Sheet: 9 3/4 x 12 inches
- 1956.47.11
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- In the Newark Meadows, 1879
- Etching
- Plate: 5 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches; Sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches
- 1976.1.41
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- In the Newark Meadows, 1879
- Etching
- Plate: 5 13/16 x 9 inches; Sheet: 9 3/8 x 12 3/16 inches
- 1976.1.491
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- Lake George (after J.F. Kensett), 1886
- Etching
- Plate: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches; Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches
- 1976.1.33
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- Lake Tahoe
- Engraving
- Plate: 6 1/4 x 9 inches; Sheet: 13 1/8 x 10 inches
- 1961.3.97
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Landscape
- Etching
- Plate: 4 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches; Sheet: 7 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches
- 1976.1.36
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- Landscape
- Etching
- Plate: 4 1/2 x 6 inches; Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches
- 1976.1.488
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- Landscape (after Daubigny), 1888
- Etching
- Plate: 4 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches; Sheet: 11 7/8 x 14 1/8 inches
- 1976.1.34
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- Long Island, Lake George
- Engraving
- Plate: 5 3/8 x 8 7/16 inches; Sheet: 8 7/16 x 11 11/16 inches
- 1961.3.108
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Lure of the Desert, 1919
- Lithograph
- Plate: 10 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches; Sheet: 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches
- 1961.3.161
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Maravatio in Old Mexico, 1883
- Watercolor
- 10 x 14 3/8 inches
- 1955.10
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Monument Rock, Echo Canyon
- Engraving
- Plate: 8 15/16 x 6 3/16 inches; Sheet: 13 1/16 x 9 15/16 inches
- 1961.3.91
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Morning, 1886
- Etching
- Plate: 11 7/8 x 17 7/8 inches; Sheet: 16 11/16 x 22 3/16 inches
- 1961.3.162
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Morning in Venice (after A.F. Bunner), circa 1889
- Etching
- Plate: 22 3/4 x 31 15/16 inches; Sheet: 25 5/8 x 37 5/16 inches
- 1976.1.31
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- Mount Mansfield From Rice's Hill
- Engraving
- Plate: 5 3/8 x 8 7/16 inches; Sheet: 16 1/2 x 11 9/16 inches
- 1961.3.105
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- On the Marne (after Daubigny), circa 1886
- Etching
- Plate: 3 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches; Sheet: 11 7/8 x 16 inches
- 1976.1.40
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- On the Missisquoi, 1874
- Engraving
- Plate 10 3/8 x 7 15/16 inches; Sheet: 16 1/2 x 11 9/16 inches
- 1961.3.90
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Palisade Canyon
- Engraving
- Plate: 8 15/16 x 6 1/4 inches; Sheet: 12 15/16 x 9 15/16 inches
- 1961.3.96
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Springville Canyon
- Engraving
- Plate: 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches; Sheet: 16 1/2 x 11 9/16 inches
- 1961.3.99
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Summit of the Sierras
- Engraving
- Plate: 9 x 6 3/16 inches; Sheet: 12 7/16 x 10 1/8 inches
- 1961.3.94A
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Temple of the Virgin Mu-Koon-Tu-Weap Valley, Utah
- Engraving
- Plate: 10 5/16 x 8 inches; Sheet: 16 5/16 x 11 11/16 inches
- 1961.3.101
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Terres Mauvaises, Utah
- Engraving
- Plate: 6 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches; Sheet: 13 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches
- 1961.3.102
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- The Breaking Wave (The Resounding Sea), 1886
- Etching
- Plate: 4 3/16 x 7 15/16 inches; Sheet: 8 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches
- 1961.3.165
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- The Castle of San Juan D'ulloa, Vera Cruz, Mex., 1884
- Etching
- Plate: 11 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches; Sheet: 19 1/8 x 15 1/8 inches
- 1961.3.160
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- The Coyote - Arizona, 1880, 1880
- Etching
- Plate: 5 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches; Sheet: 11 x 15 1/2 inches
- 1976.1.43
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- The Deep Woods, 1868
- Lithograph
- Plate: 12 x 8 5/8 inches; Sheet: 13 x 9 1/4 inches
- 1961.3.169
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- The Gate of Venice, 1888
- Etching
- Plate: 21 1/2 x 34 3/4 inches: Sheet: 25 5/8 x 37 1/2 inches
- 1976.1.47
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- The Missisquoi at Sheldon Springs
- Engraving
- Plate: 9 x 12 13/16 inches; Sheet: 16 9/16 x 11 5/8 inches
- 1961.3.109
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- The Much Resounding Sea, 1886
- Etching
- Plate: 16 1/2 x 34 3/8 inches; Sheet: 25 5/8 x 37 3/8 inches
- 1976.1.32
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- The Narrows, North Fork of the Rio Virgin, Utah, 1875
- Engraving
- Plate: 10 3/8 x 7 15/16 inches; Sheet: 16 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches
- 1961.3.98
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- The Pass of Glencoe, 1886-1888
- Etching
- Plate: 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches; Sheet: 9 15/16 x 12 4/8 inches
- 1961.3.163
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- The Rainbow, 1880
- Etching
- Plate: 3 3/4 x 7 11/16 inches; Sheet: 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches
- 1961.3.166
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- The Rainbow, 1880
- Etching
- Plate: 3 3/4 x 7 11/16 inches; Sheet: 7 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches
- 1976.1.37
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- The Rainbow, 1880
- Etching
- Plate: 3 3/4 x 7 11/16 inches; Sheet: 7 1/16 x 10 3/4 inches
- 1976.1.489
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- The Rapids Above Niagara, 1886
- Etching
- Plate: 5 7/8 x 8 inches; Sheet: 9 3/8 x 12 inches
- 1956.47.3a
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Museum Library Transfer

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- The Watering Place
- Painting
- 14 1/8 x 26 1/8 inches
- 1961.3.149
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Thomas Moran's Venetian gondola on Hook Pond with George Fowler at the Pole and Moran's daughters, Ruth and Mary, seated.
Photograph courtesy The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia

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- Tower Falls, 1880
- Etching
- Plate: 5 7/8 x 3 1/2 inches; Sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches
- 1976.1.42
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- Untitled (Fishing boat on storm-tossed sea; after Harry Chase), 1890
- Etching
- Plate: 27 x 19 3/4 inches; Sheet: 37 3/8 x 25 5/8 inches
- 1976.1.48
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Robert Dunnigan, Dunnigan Collection

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- Valley of the Babbling Waters
- Engraving
- Plate: 8 15/16 x 12 13/16 inches; Sheet: 16 7/16 x 11 5/8 inches
- 1961.3.88
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- View From Fourteen Mile Island, Lake George
- Engraving
- Plate: 5 7/16 x 8 3/8 inches; Sheet: 8 3/16 x 11 1/2 inches
- 1961.3.110
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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- Weber River - Entrance to Echo Canyon
- Engraving
- Plate: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches; Sheet: 13 1/16 x 10 1/4 inches
- 1961.3.93
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

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