The Bridge of Fear
Thomas Cole · graphite and black crayon with gray wash on wove paper
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About this picture
The Bridge of Fear is a public-domain drawing by Thomas Cole. Graphite and black crayon with gray wash on wove paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Bridge of Fear” (date not listed) 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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