About the Artwork
The Head of Windermere, Lake District, England
1829
Thomas Cole
1801-1848
American
Unknown
Pen and black ink over graphite pencil on off-white wove paper
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (39.4 × 23.5 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
39.559.32
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Provenance
1939-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Vittoria, Shannon. “Chronology.” Thomas Cole's Journey: Atlantic Crossings. Exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2018, p. 249 (fig. 149).
Barringer, Tim, et al. Picturesque and Sublime: Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance. Exh. cat., Thomas Cole National Historic Site. Catskill, 2018, p. 23 (fig. 17).
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Thomas Cole, The Head of Windermere, Lake District, England, 1829, pen and black ink over graphite pencil on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 39.559.32.
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