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James Smillie

The Voyage of Life - Old Age,

Maker

  • James Smillie
  • Thomas Cole

Title

The Voyage of Life - Old Age

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Engraving on wove paper

Techniques

  • Engraving on wove paper

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 38.1 x 58.1 cm (15 x 22 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Caption: The Voyage of Life - Old age
From the original painting by Thomas Cole in the poss of Rev. D Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, NY. On either side of that legend are lines from a poem
Left of legend “From through this changing world we roam….”
Right: “The world recedes, ….”
Ll painted by Thomas Cole
Lr engraved by James Smillie
Printed by J. H. Daniels, Boston

Type

  • Prints

Credit

The Patricia Carroll Fitzgerald Mandel Print Collection

Object Number

2011.96.11

The Voyage of Life - Old Age

Caption: The Voyage of Life - Old age
From the original painting by Thomas Cole in the poss of Rev. D Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, NY. On either side of that legend are lines from a poem
Left of legend “From through this changing world we roam….”
Right: “The world recedes, ….”
Ll painted by Thomas Cole
Lr engraved by James Smillie
Printed by J. H. Daniels, Boston

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