Object numberX.36
The Voyage of Life: Youth
Date1853
Artist
James Smillie
(American, 1807-1885)
after
Thomas Cole
(American, 1801-1848)
CultureAmerican
MediumSteel engraving with hand-coloring
DimensionsImage: 15 3/8 × 22 13/16 in. (39 × 58 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/8 × 25 3/16 in. (48 × 64 cm)
Matted: 16 × 21 7/8 in. (40.6 × 55.6 cm) (4 13/16 in. width)
Sheet: 18 7/8 × 25 3/16 in. (48 × 64 cm)
Matted: 16 × 21 7/8 in. (40.6 × 55.6 cm) (4 13/16 in. width)
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInscribed (in plate, LL): PAINTED BY THOMAS COLE; (LR): ENGRAVED BY JAMES SMILLIE; (LC): THE VOYAGE OF LIFE--YOUTH; (LC): . . . possession of Revd Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, New York. / "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by James Smillie in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York."; (LL): "Beware what earth calls happiness: Beware / All Joys but joys that never can expire. / Who builds on less than an immortal base / Condems his joys to death."; (LR): "The golden palace of my God / Towering above the clouds I see / Beyond the cherubs bright abode / Higher than angels thoughts can be. / Printed by H. Peters; (LL): PROOF
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryFrances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY SECOND SIGHT: Originality, Duplicity, and the Object January 14-April 10, 2005
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