The Empty Cradle, (A Pai-Ute Girl of Southern Utah)

1880

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 8 9/16 × 6 5/16 in. (21.8 × 16 cm) Sheet: 11 × 8 in. (28 × 20.3 cm) Image: 7 7/8 × 5 11/16 in. (20 × 14.5 cm)
Collection no.: 48.54.20
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Empty Cradle, (A Pai-Ute Girl of Southern Utah) — Thomas Moran. 1880.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Plate: 8 9/16 × 6 5/16 in. (21.8 × 16 cm) Sheet: 11 × 8 in. (28 × 20.3 cm) Image: 7 7/8 × 5 11/16 in. (20 × 14.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1948.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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