"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

01 February 2019

Happy birthday, Cole.

Cole, White Mountain Notch, 1839


Thomas Cole was born on this day in 1801.

Amid those scenes of solitude the mind is cast into the contemplation of eternal things.

Thomas Cole

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