Peter Moran, Stephen James Ferris, and others
The Chariot Race
1874
Scroll
- Artist: Peter Moran
- Artist: Stephen James Ferris
- Artist: Alexander von Wagner
- Publisher: Gebbie and Barrie
The Chariot Race
1874
Physical Qualities
Etching and roulette on chine collé, Sheet: 494 × 810 mm. (19 7/16 × 31 7/8 in.)
Image: 217 × 572 mm. (8 9/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2828
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 'First Annual Exhibition of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers,' Dec. 27, 1882-Feb. 3, 1883, no. 77.
Illustrated Catalogue of Etchings by American Artists for Sale by Frederick Keppel & Co., New York: De Vinne Press, n.d. (Impressions on Japan paper $6). Wray, Henry Russell, A Review of Etching in the United States, Philadelphia: R.C. Penfield, 1893, p. 55-58. Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 115 no. 3.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: lower left in plate: "P Moran & S Ferris etchd 1875"; lower right in plate: "Wagner Pinxt"; lower center in plate: "CHARIOT RACE IN THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS, ROME. / In the presence of The Emperor Domitian. / COPYRIGHT 1875. GEBBIE & BARRIE. PHILADELPHIA."; lower right in graphite: "PMoran"; by later hand, lower left in graphite: "Moran & Ferris"; by later hand, upper right in graphite: "Ferris"
