James Smillie and Thomas Cole
The Voyage of Life – Childhood
1853-1855
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 700 x 925 mm. (27 9/16 x 36 7/16 in.)
Plate: 510 x 655 mm. (20 1/16 x 25 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2421
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Smillie, James, A Pilgrimage, unpublished autobiography, abridged typescript in Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C., reel 1710, frames 324-25
Schweizer, Paul D., "'So Exquisite a Transcript': James Smillie's Engravings after Thomas Cole's 'Voyage of Lfe'", (part 1), Imprint, vol. 11, no. 2 (Autumn 1986), pp. 2-13.
Schweizer, Paul D., "'So Exquisite a Transcript': James Smillie's Engravings after Thomas Cole's 'Voyage of Lfe'", (part 1), Imprint, vol. 11, no. 2 (Autumn 1986), pp. 2-13.
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, LL: 'Painted by Thomas Cole / Who shall preserve [...] to bow?' and 'proof'; in plate, lower margin: 'From the original Painting by Thomas Cole in the Possession of Rev. Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute New York / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by James Smillie in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York'; in plate, LR: 'Engraved by James Smillie / this world is [...] beautiful child'; LR (pencil): '12130'.
Markings: CM: VERSO: Claghorn stamp and Garrett stamp
