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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cole, Thomas 1801- (search)
Cole, Thomas 1801- Painter; born in Boltonle-Moor, Lancashire, England, Feb. 1, 1801, of American parents who had gone to England previous to his birth, and returned in 1819, settling in Philadelphia, where Thomas practised the art of woodengraving. He began portrait-painting in Steubenville, O., in 1820, soon wandered as an itinerant in the profession, and finally became one of the most eminent of American landscape-painters. He established himself in New York in 1825. The charming scens home in Catskill, N. Y., where he resided until his death, Feb. 11, 1847. His two great finished works are The course of Empire and The voyage of life, the former consisting of a series of five, and the latter of four, pictures. He produced many other fine compositions in landscape and figures, which gave him a place at the head of his profession. Mr. Cole left unfinished at his death a series entitled The cross and the world, and was also the author of a dramatic poem and works of fiction.
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 3: the corner --1835-1839; aet. 16-20 (search)
as the picture gallery, the first private one in New York, and Mr. Ward's special pride. The children might not mingle in frivolous gayety abroad, but they should have all that love, taste, and money could give them at home; he filled his gallery with the best pictures he could find. A friend (Mr. Prescott Hall), making a timely journey through Spain, bought for him many valuable pictures,! among them a Snyders, a Nicolas Poussin, a reputed Velasquez and Rembrandt. It was for him that Thomas Cole painted the four pictures representing The voyage of life, engravings from which may still be found in old-fashioned parlors. Some years later, when the eldest son, Samuel, returned from Europe, bringing with him a fine collection of books, Mr. Ward built a library specially for them. This was the house into which the family moved in 1835, Julia being then sixteen years of age; this was the house she loved, the memory of which was dear to her through all the years of her life. Th
7. Claudius, Matthias, I, 67, 68; II, 71. Clay, Henry, I, 98. Clemens, S. L., II, 50, 187, 341. Clement, E. H., II, 320; verse by, 335. Cleveland, I, 365, 377; II, 139. Cleveland, Henry, I, 74. Cobb, Dr., II, 410. Cobbe, Frances P., I, 266, 314; II, 62. Cobden-Sanderson, Mr., II, 367. Cobden-Sanderson, Mrs., II, 367. Cochrane, Jessie, II, 240, 246, 249. Coggeshall, Joseph, I, 253; II, 57. Cogswell, J. G., I, 46, 104, 184. Colby, Clara, II, 180. Cole, Thomas, I, 42. Colfax, Schuyler, I, 378. Collegio Romano, II, 255. Colliers' Weekly, II, 391. Collyer, Robert, II, 62, 230, 255, 344. Cologne, I, 92; II, 173. Colonial Dames, II, 198. Colorado, I, 372. Columba Kang, II, 91. Columbia University, II, 227. Columbian Exposition, II, 107, 178, 181, 182, 184. Columbus, Christopher, I, 323; II, 178, 194, 244, 357. Combe, George, I, 95. Commonwealth, I, 141, 142. Concord, Mass., I, 152, 177; I, 57, 61, 77, 128,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Terry's Brigade, formerly John M. Jones's. (search)
te A. L. Fallis, R. Taylour, J. L. Brannon. Sergeant Hardy Scarborough, S. D. Frazier, W. H. Edge, [44] J. M. Shivers, Capt. Commanding 4th Ga. Regt. Forty-fourth Georgia Regiment. Non-Commissioned Staff. Sergeant-Major Wm. J. Freeman, Hospital Steward O. S. Wynne. Ord. Sergeant Wm. H. Reese, Co. A. Private D. B. Dees, J. W. Derrick, J. C. Doolen, Private M. Hubbard, M. T. Turner. Co. B. 3d Sergeant N. H. Leveritt, Corporal H. N. Allen, Private J. Barr, Thomas Cole, Thomas Huil, Private G. W. Huff, G. A. D. Letson, G. C. Tucker, Wm. B. Waits. Co. C. 1st Sergeant Lewis Lester, Private G. W. Autry, W. L. Biggs, L. C. Cooper, Private W. E. Elder, Wm. Montgomery, Wm. Pullnot. Co. D. Private W. L. Friddle, M. Graham, Private D. White, W. H. Kimble. Co. E. 1st Sergeant H. H. Gibson, 2d Sergeant W. A. Norris, Private J. M. Allison, C. J. Barrett, Mus'n H. S. Leach, Private Jas. J. Aiken, Private W. S. Lewis, J. K.
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 20: friends and worthies: social successes (search)
zzar's Feast, which, begun many years before that time, had long been left in an unfinished condition. As I remember, the great artist had but little to show us. My father was especially pleased with a group, one figure of which was a copy of Titian's well-known portrait of his daughter, the other being a somewhat commonplace representation of a young girl of modem times. My father afterwards told me that he had thought of purchasing this picture. While he was deliberating about it Thomas Cole the landscape painter called upon him, bringing the design of four pictures illustrating the course of human life. The artist's persuasion induced him to give an order for this work, which was not completed until after my dear parent's death, when we found it something of a white elephant. The pictures were suitable only for a gallery, and as none of us felt able to indulge in such a luxury they were afterward sold to some public institution, with a considerable loss on our part. Som
on the rail. As I entered my roos a number of books was observable on the mantle piece. Not having seen anything of the sort for more than a month, I laid violent hands on one, and, to my great surprise, found it to be the "Life and Works of Thomas Cole." Struck with the coincidence of name, I opened the volume hasfily, and made the discovery, that Thomas Cole was an English artist, who came to America in 1819, and obtained some celebrity in his professon. He delighted in visiting the CatskiThomas Cole was an English artist, who came to America in 1819, and obtained some celebrity in his professon. He delighted in visiting the Catskill mountains, and in a letter to a friend, he calls them the "gray-headed mountains." This expression reminds me of the mountains I have passed to-day, and "gray-headed" describes them to a dot. As the cars came slowly along by them, one's thoughts were inevitably turned to the traitors, who had scudded away in their fastnesses, and to the netarious acts of recent vandalism which caused the cars to move so cantiously. The running on the East Tennessee road is confined to day-light and then
The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Yankee history of the attempts to blow up the Ironsides — Excitement Ashore. (search)
pproach until the proper officers came up and relieved him of his charge. Even then he followed the corpse into the building, seemingly determined to keep watchful guard over the remains until the last. This exhibition of affection for the deceased soldier was truly touching, and indeed remarkable. The name of the deceased was Sutton Byrd, a private in company C, 53d North Carolina regiment. The names of the parties who committed this cold-blooded murder are E. D. Boone, Edward Carney, Thos. Cole, and John A. Chipman. The first is a noted ruffian, having made several escapes from different places, and was closely confined a few days ago for an attempted escape. The others were of a like desperate character, being confined upon serious charges. Several recent attempts to break out by the last named parties had been discovered and frustrated by the officers. The poor boy's father was here, and accompanied the remains to his home. Gen. Winder very properly and kindly ordered an e