George Gage letters from Thomas Cole [son]
name: label: Creator
content: Gage, George
label: Creator
content: Cole, Thomas, b. 1848
label: Names
content: Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1967 by Mrs. William Adams, whose relationship to Gage and Cole is unclear.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gage, George
label: Creator
content: Cole, Thomas, b. 1848
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Thomas Cole (b. 1848) was the posthumous child of landscape, portrait and religious painter Thomas Cole and Maria Barstow Cole. The senior Cole died February 11 or 12, 1848, of complications stemming from pleurisy. There were three other children: Theodore (born January 1, 1838), Mary (born 1839), and Emily (born 1843).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1896
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gagegeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2812 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A letter, Oct. 7, 1896, in which Cole writes of an enclosed sketch of Boston drawn by his father (he estimates ca. 1828) which he gives to the Gages as an expression of appreciation for their hospitality while he visited Boston; and a letter, Oct. 19, 1896, in which Cole discusses the same sketch and the death of a dear friend.