# A Tower of Cortez

- By: Thomas Moran (American, born England, 1837-1926)
- Date: 1883
- Medium: Etching, with roulette, on cream chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Plate: 30 × 25 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 34.7 cm (15 11/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/129529)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/71b57b34-6f18-a7a8-688f-655f009bf897/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)