ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1842-1899
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Date of Work
1883
Medium
Etching
Signature
Lower Left
Height
8 1/4"
Width
11 3/4"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: FF_005_D
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
In an era when art training was difficult to obtain for women in the United States, Mary Nimmo Moran had a distinct advantage—she was married to the well-known American landscape painter, Thomas Moran. Although this etching likely depicts a site near the Morans’ East Hampton home on Long Island, the title borrows a line from a traditional ballad from Mary Moran’s native Scotland. Her evocative, atmospheric image captures that moment between dusk (gloaming) and nightfall (mirk) when cattle (kye) return from the pasture.
Condition
Excellent
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”