The Course of Empire

Patrick Cox Contribution
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A five painting series by Thomas Cole. The individual painting's titles are:

The Savage State  (1834). Oil on canvas, 39.5 by 63.5 in. Collection of The New York Historical Society

The Arcadian or Pastorale State (1834). Oil on canvas, 39.5 by 63.5 in. Collection of The New York Historical Society

The Consummation of Empire (1836). Oil on canvas, 51 by 76 in. Collection of The New York Historical Society

Destruction (1836). Oil on canvas, 39.5 by 63.5 in. Collection of The New York Historical Society

Desolation (1836). Oil on canvas, 39.5 by 63.5 in. Collection of The New York Historical Society

Explore Thomas Cole, http://www.explorethomascole.org/ , accessed March 11, 2014.

 

 

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