The Good Shepherd

1847

Thomas Cole

Artist, American, 1801 - 1848

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and pen and ink with tan and gray wash, heightened with white, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.1 × 28.26 cm (7 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.6 × 30.8 cm (8 1/8 × 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1979.20.18

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

By descent to the artist's granddaughter, Florence H. Cole Vincent, Catskill, New York; John Davis Hatch [1907-1996]; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • To Walk with Nature: The Drawings of Thomas Cole, Hudson River Museum, Kingston, NY, 1982.

2022

  • Thomas Cole's Studio: Memory and Inspiration, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, NY; Albuquerque Museum of Art, 2022-2023 (shown only in Catskill).

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: T. Cole 1847; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: The Good Shepherd/ last picture of/ Tho. Cole

Wikidata ID

Q64633185

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