To be a scene from the..., 1827

  • Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848

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)

Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund

39.559.9

Inscribed, along vertical edge, left: To be a scene from the [scratched out ]

1939-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Thomas Cole, To be a scene from the..., 1827, pen and black ink over graphite pencil on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 39.559.9.