American Lake Scene by Thomas Cole (1844)

Painting of a calm lake at sunset with a leaning dead tree on a rocky shore and small wooded islands in the distance.

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A calm lake reflects a warm, hazy evening sky, with a windblown dead tree leaning over a rocky outcrop on the right. Smaller wooded islands and a distant shoreline recede into soft atmospheric light, and a small canoe rests at the water's edge.

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1844

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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Landscapes