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The Course of Empire 4: Destruction

Thomas Cole, 1836
The Course of Empire 4: Destruction, Thomas Cole
The Course of Empire 4: Destruction, zoomed in
100.33 cmThe Course of Empire 4: Destruction scale comparison161.29 cm

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. DownloadSee The Course of Empire 4: Destruction in the Kaleidoscope

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