Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design
Thomas Cole · c. 1838 · drawing on wood
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About this picture
Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design is a public-domain drawing by Thomas Cole, dated c. 1838. Drawing on wood. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design” (c. 1838) is either a Catskill view or one of Cole’s allegorical landscapes, where the scenery is also a story about the course of a civilization.
About the artist
Thomas Cole (1801–1848) was the founder of the Hudson River School. He painted the Catskills and also allegorical series about the course of empires, using landscape as a moral story.
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