The Good Shepherd, 1847

Not on View

Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

John Davis Hatch Collection

Accession Number

1979.20.18

Artists / Makers

Thomas Cole (artist) American, 1801 - 1848

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Hatch, Jr., John Davis, Mr.
Vincent, Florence Cole

Exhibition History

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