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American scenes are not destitute of historical and legendary associations--the great struggle for freedom has sanctified many a spot, and many a mountain, stream, and rock, has its legend, worthy of poet's pen or the painter's pencil. Thomas Cole, "Essay on American Scenery" (1836) (1)
Only twenty-four years old and striving to establish himself as a painter in New York City, Thomas Cole traveled up the Hudson River during the late summer of 1825 with money provided by George W. Bruen (1795-1849), a New York merchant and patron of his work. Cole made drawings of the landscape from Cold Spring to Albany and back through Catskill with the intention of using these ...