🎨#BigPictureMorans update: in 1872, artist Thomas Moran writes once again to Ferdinand Hayden with the latest developments on his "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" painting: "I have the picture in the frame & it looks stunning." (1 of 2)

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In terms of artwork, our famous 1872 Thomas Moran painting, “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” (INTR 03001) is among our largest, measuring 7 feet tall by 12 feet wide. (/end)

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1871, however, Moran finds Tower Fall to be even more bizarre in person, later describing it as “certainly the most weird & impressive scene.” What makes it so unusual? Eroded volcanic pinnacles frame the 132'-drop of Tower Creek. (2/4)

📷YELL 8528, 1871

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Hayden Survey gears up at Ft Ellis 1871. This US Army installation was active 1867-1886. Located near Bozeman, MT, the fort was a logical base of operations for those headed into the Yellowstone region.
📷 1871 Moran sketch near Ft Ellis ()

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Jesse learning to read at her new school in New York.
An unused tryout on the left and the finished art on the right.




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It's St David's Day today and hosts of yellow are the flowers of now! PUNCH cartoon by Mike Williams 1991. "Thank you for not eulogising"

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Are you feeling like this? Another wintry beauty from Rowland Emett in PUNCH 1950.

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Heroes of Our Time. A series in PUNCH by the great Ronald Searle 1956-1957. T S Eliot

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Heroes of Our Time. A series in PUNCH by the great Ronald Searle 1956-1957. Princess Margaret.

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When Thomas Moran debuted “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” in 1872, he captured in full color the natural beauty of a region relatively few people had ever seen. Here’s some of the backstory...

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A common question to is "what's your most famous object?"

Definitely one of ours is this 1872 painting, "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" by Thomas Moran. It has traveled the US & will soon be back for the 1st time in >20 yrs!

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Full-page cartoons from PUNCH. By Fougasse in the depths of From the 1942 Almanack: "Yes - my husband is engaged on work of national importance."

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Happy 96th Birthday to Wally Fawkes (Trog), cartoonist and jazz musician extraordinaire who contributed to PUNCH for decades with some of the most brilliant covers and cartoons of the 1960s-1980s.
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Your full page cartoon from PUNCH. By E H Shepard 1938. A beautiful riff on Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus' brought up-to-date as the earliest surfer at a Victorian resort!

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Three dogs, one bone.... By JAS (James Affleck Shepherd) from 1939

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This year is about “Diabetes: Year One” and “Back to square one” r my about having & understanding in middle age. See more on my website (https://t.co/S8EyRHzhpl) and maybe get a copy 🙂.

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