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The Course of Empire 4: Destruction

The Course of Empire 4: Destruction, Thomas Cole

The Course of Empire 4: Destruction, zoomed in

100.33 cm

The Course of Empire 4: Destruction scale comparison

161.29 cm

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The Course of Empire 4: Destruction is a Hudson River School Oil on Canvas Painting created by Thomas Cole in 1836. It lives at the New-York Historical Society in New York. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Allegory, The Course of Empire and War. Download

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