About the Artwork
Beginning of a Letter
between 1801 and 1848
Thomas Cole
1801-1848
American
Unknown
Pen and brown ink on beige wove paper
Sheet: 5 5/16 × 7 7/8 inches (13.5 × 20 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
39.62.B
Public Domain
Markings
Inscription, pencil, upper central: My dear sir, Mr. Barnard who is the bearer of this as a friend of an old friend of mine and an American scarcely needs an in (end)
Provenance
(Florence Cole Vincent);1939-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Thomas Cole, Beginning of a Letter, between 1801 and 1848, pen and brown ink on beige wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 39.62.B.
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