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The Course of Empire

Thomas Cole

I: The Savage State (1836)
Oil on canvas, New York Historical Society
II: The Pastoral or Arcadian State (1834)
Oil on canvas, New York Historical Society
III: The Consummation of Empire (1835-6)
Oil on canvas, New York Historical Society
IV: Destruction (1836)
Oil on canvas, New York Historical Society
V: Desolation (1836)
Oil on canvas, New York Historical Society

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