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The Course of Empire 1: The Savage State

Thomas Cole, 1834
The Course of Empire 1: The Savage State, Thomas Cole
The Course of Empire 1: The Savage State, zoomed in
100.33 cmThe Course of Empire 1: The Savage State scale comparison161.29 cm

The Course of Empire 1: The Savage State is a Hudson River School Oil on Canvas Painting created by Thomas Cole in 1834. It lives at the New-York Historical Society in New York. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged The Course of Empire, Allegory and Clouds. DownloadSee The Course of Empire 1: The Savage State in the Kaleidoscope

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