Thomas Cole letters
name: label: Creator
content: Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848
label: Names
content: Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886
label: Names
content: Greene, George Washington, 1811-1883
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Hudson River school of landscape painting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Letters to Mr. Greene and unidentified donated by E.P. Richardson in memory of Mrs. Walter O. Briggs, Sr., 1955. He purchased them from Goodspeed's Bookshop. The letter to Durand donated by Charles Feinberg, ca. 1956.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; New York, N.Y. Exponent of the Hudson River School.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [undated] and 1840-1842
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.coletlet
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D8 (frames 479-485) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A letter to Asher B. Durand [frame 479] requesting a canvas; a letter to an unidentified person describing the view of Schroon Lake, which he had painted in 1838; and a letter to George W. Greene, American consul, Rome, in which Cole describes his arrival back in the U.S., his upcoming painting plans, and the American scenery (especially the Catskills); he disparages the public praise of Hiram Powers, reacts to criticism of Albert B. Thorwaldson, discusses Thomas P. Rossiter's troubles in Rome, and other topics.