The Voyage of Life: Childhood
After
Thomas Cole
(American, born England, 1801 - 1848)
Engraver
James Smillie
(Scottish, 1807-1885)
Etcher
James Smillie
(Scottish, 1807-1885)
Date1856
MediumEngraving and etching on paper
DimensionsOverall: 21 1/4 x 27 5/16in. (54 x 69.4cm)
Image: 15 5/16 x 22 1/4in. (38.9 x 56.5cm)
Image: 15 5/16 x 22 1/4in. (38.9 x 56.5cm)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Erving Pruyn
Object number60.153
Description On View
Not on viewCollections
CopyrightNo known copyright restrictions.
Label TextThis is one of the series of engravings Smillie made after Cole's four-part allegorical series "The Voyage of Life" (1839-40) during the years the pictures hung at the Spingler Institute, a progressive school for young women in New York City. The imaginary, air-built, Taj Mahal-like castle that Cole included in his oil painting, accurately copied by Smillie, visualized in symbolic form the hope and aspirations of the Spingler Institute's youthful students.
Paul D. Schweizer
