Excerpt from The Voyage of Life: Suggested by Cole's Celebrated Allegorical Paintings
Among the most beautiful specimens of allegorical painting is the series of pictures by the late Mr. Cole, entitled "The Voyage of Life" They are four in number, and constitute together an impressive moral lesson, which speaks through the eye to the heart. Many have gazed upon them with delight. When they were first opened by a number of artists in one of our cities, the impression on their minds, it is said, was so deep, that, for a while, not a word was spoken. Tho effect was too great even for commendation.
Mr. Cole had the faculty not only of copying nature, - an art in which he stood almost unrivalled, - but of combining with the finest touches of the pencil high moral associations. His Voyage of Life will probably stand as a permanent memorial of his genius.
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