Dream of Arcadia

Dream of Arcadia

c. 1838
Artist
Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848
Born: England
Country
American
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1954.71
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lindsey Gentry

Thomas Cole, Dream of Arcadia, About 1838. Oil paint on canvas; 38 ⅝ × 62 ¾ in. (98.1 × 159.4 cm). Gift of Mrs. Lindsey Gentry, 1954.71
 

Dimensions
image height: 38.625 in, 98.1075 cm; image width: 62.75 in, 159.3850 cm; frame height: 52 1/2 in, 133.3500 cm; frame width: 76 3/4 in, 194.9450 cm; frame depth: 5 3/8 in, 13.6525 cm
Inscription
[lower left] T. Cole 1838
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture before 1900
This object is currently on view
Exhibition History
  • "Thirteenth Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design" —Clinton Hall Beekman Street, New York, NY, 04/23/1838 - 07/07/1838, no. 33 (for sale)
  • Exhibition—American Art-Union, New York, NY, 1850, no. 100
  • "Thomas Cole"—Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 02/14/1969 - 03/23/1969
  • Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 04/07/1969 - 05/04/1969
  • Albany Institute of History and Art, 05/09/1969 - 06/20/1969
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, 06/30/1969 - 09/01/1969
  • "200 Years of American Painting"—Baltimore Museum of Art, 1976 - 1977
  • "Nineteenth Century American Landscape Painting", curated by Barbara Novak for the American Federation of Arts, 04/1979