# Percy Moran artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/percy-moran/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:07:13.006Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Works on paper and prints

## Portrait

![Percy Moran](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Edward_Percy_Moran.png)
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Percy_Moran.png

## About Percy Moran

Percy Moran, formally Edward Percy Moran (1862–1935), was an American painter associated especially with scenes from American history. Authority records identify him under both names, an important distinction when matching signatures, catalogue entries, and auction records. Historical subjects connected with Moran include the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Battle of Lake Erie, the Alamo, the surrender at Saratoga, and episodes from colonial life. These subjects help explain why collectors may encounter his work in collections of American historical art, patriotic imagery, and paintings concerned with the Revolutionary and early national periods. Auction listings may use either Percy Moran or Edward Percy Moran, so both names should be considered during research. No specific artistic movement is assigned here because the collected institutional and authority evidence supports his identity, occupation, dates, and historical subject matter more clearly than a formal movement classification. Evaluation should therefore begin with the individual object's medium, imagery, date, signature, condition, provenance, and attribution.

## Common works and media

Collectors most commonly encounter Percy Moran in connection with paintings of American historical events and colonial-era subjects. Authority-linked titles reference battles, military episodes, patriotic narratives, and scenes of colonial life. Auction data also places some material in works-on-paper and print categories. Because category labels can be broad, the physical medium, support, production method, signature, and any edition information should be verified directly for each object.

## Market and appraisal context

Percy Moran's public auction record includes paintings as well as works catalogued under works on paper and prints. A useful appraisal comparison should match the object as closely as possible by medium, dimensions, date, historical subject, condition, and attribution. Signatures and inscriptions should be examined alongside provenance, exhibition history, and any catalogue references rather than treated as proof on their own. Reported auction results may not use identical fee conventions, and private sales or later attribution changes may be absent from public datasets. Consequently, an observed sale price is best treated as one comparable data point, not a prediction. Unusual historical subjects, strong documentation, restoration, surface damage, or uncertainty about authorship may make broad artist-level statistics less representative of a particular work.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533275
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500005557
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/65659948/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92021881
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.35116.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Percy_Moran
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/percy-moran/