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Thomas Cole

78 works

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Painting of a stone tower on a rocky hill above a wooded valley, with a musician and statue in the foreground at dusk.

Landscape, The Vesper Hymn: An Italian Twilight

1841

Painting of a jagged mountain peak over an alpine valley with a village, grazing cows, and two walking figures under a sunset

In the Simmental, Switzerland

1843

Dark mountain landscape with autumn trees, a waterfall, two figures on a rocky ledge, and a stormy valley beyond.

Landscape with Figures: A Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans

1826

Landscape with a lake, hilltop town, and a kneeling woman before a ruined wall holding a painted Madonna niche.

Il Penseroso

1845

Painting of a lakeside pastoral landscape at dusk with classical ruins, a rocky cliff, figures, and distant mountains.

L'Allegro

1845

Pencil and chalk drawing of a forest stream with a kneeling figure drinking beside a fallen tree and boulder.

The Fountain, No. 1: The Wounded Indian Slaking His Death Thirst

1843

Sepia print of a shepherd and sheep beside a lake with wooded hills and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

The Good Shepherd

1849

Back of a wooden panel with a faint pencil sketch of a domed, columned building above a flat base.

Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design

c. 1838

Pen and ink sketch of a mountain valley with a farmhouse, river, trees, and a waterfall on a rocky cliff.

On the Road from Conway

1827/1828

Sepia drawing of ruined Doric temple columns on a rocky hillside, with a smaller temple and distant sea below.

Temples of Juno, Lucina, and Concordia - Agrigentum, Sicily

1842

Pencil and chalk drawing of Doric temple columns at left, an olive tree, and a hilltop town across a valley.

Temple of Juno, Agrigentum

1842

Circular drawing of a wilderness lake with a glowing sun, a white cross on a rise, and a kneeling figure by the water.

The Cross in the Wilderness

c. 1844

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges and a valley with handwritten notes, on pale paper.

Mountain Landscape [verso]

c. 1828

Ink and brown wash drawing of gnarled, bare tree trunks arching over a pool with a heron and distant hills.

Tree Trunks

1825-1840