Thomas Cole's 'Voyage of Life' in the National Gallery of Art.

The Magazine Antiques | January 1, 1997| | Copyright

In March 1839, following the success of his great series The Course of Empire (1834-1836; in the New-York Historical Society, New York City), Thomas Cole received his next important commission: to paint The Voyage of Life for Samuel Ward (1786-1839) who, like Cole's patron Luman Reed (1787-1836), had a gallery of paintings in his house in New York City. While The Course of Empire represented the emergence of Cole as a mature artist, The Voyage of Life was the creative enterprise that dominated his later career. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has the second ...

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