Currently not on view
Mt. Desert Island in the Distance seen from the Main Land,
1839–1844
Thomas Cole, 1801–1848; born Lancashire, England; died Catskill, NY
x1940-78.15v-16r
Information
Title
Mt. Desert Island in the Distance seen from the Main Land
Dates
1839–1844
Maker
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
each leaf: 28.4 x 43 cm (11 3/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1940-78.15v-16r
Place Depicted
United States, Maine, Mount Desert
Inscription
in graphite, upper right of left sheet: Mt. Desert Island in the distance seen from the Main Land | Newport Mt. | Big Day Mt. | Buck Hill
in graphite, throughout: [notations]
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Bought from Mrs. Florence Cole Vincent, Cole's granddaughter at his Catskill studio
Mt. Desert Island in the distance seen from the Main Land / Newport Mt. / Big Day Mt. / Buck Hill. Details of rocks lower right
- Barbara T. Ross, American Drawings in the Art Museum, Princeton University: 130 Selected Examples (Princeton: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976)., p. 121, no. 121 (illus.)
- John Wilmerding, "Thomas Cole in Maine," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 49, no. 1 (1990): p. 2–23., pp. 10–11, figs. 6a–b
- Pamela J Belanger and J Gray Sweeney, Inventing Acadia: artists and tourists at Mount Desert, (Rockland, ME: Farnsworth Art Museum, 1999).
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 299, checklist no. 106
- Tara Dawson, Bartholomew F. Bland, and Laura L. Vookles, et. al., The panoramic river: the Hudson and the Thames, (Yonkers, NY: Hudson River Museum, 2013).
