Portrait of Thomas Cole
Frederic Edwin Church · c. 1845 · graphite on wove paper
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About this picture
Portrait of Thomas Cole is a public-domain drawing by Frederic Edwin Church, dated c. 1845. Graphite on wove paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Portrait of Thomas Cole” (c. 1845) is one of Church’s exhibition landscapes. He traveled for the studies, then composed the large picture of ice, a volcano, or a sunset back in the studio.
About the artist
Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) was an American landscape painter of the Hudson River School. He traveled to make closely observed studies, then composed large exhibition pictures of volcanoes, icebergs, and sunsets.
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