James Smillie, Thomas Cole
The Voyage of Life – Manhood
1853-1855
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James Smillie, Thomas Cole
The Voyage of Life – Manhood
1853-1855
Physical Qualities
Mezzotint, etching, and stipple, Sheet: 716 x 927 mm. (28 3/16 x 36 1/2 in.)
Image: 390 x 580 mm. (15 3/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2425
Publication References
Smillie, James, A Pilgrimage (unpublished autobiography), Smillie Papers, Archives of American Art, Washington, DC, reel 1710, frames 324-25. Abbott, Gorham D., Cole's 'Voyage of Life.' A Series of Allegorical Pictures...Painted by the Late Lamented Thomas Cole, of Catskill, N.Y., Engraved in the Highest Style of Art, by James Smillie, of New York, form the Originals in Pssession of Rev. Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, N.Y., New York: 1856. Schweizer, Paul D., ''So Exquisite a Transcript': James Smillie's Engravings after Thomas Cole's 'Voyage of Life',' (part I), Imprint, v. 11 no. 2 (Autumn 1986), p. 2-13. Le Blanc, Charles, Manuel de L'Amateur D'Estampes, Paris: E. Bouillon, 1854-88, vol. 3, p. 531 no. 5. Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, no. 12 p. 163.
Raftery, Andrew. "James Smillie Engraves a Voyage of Life." Art in Print 7.2 (July-August 2017): 12-18.
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, LL below image: 'PAINTED BY THOMAS COLE'; in plate, LR below image: 'ENGRAVED BY JAMES SMILLIE'; BL (pencil): '/15' and 'Voyage of Life__ proof'; BR (pencil, in diamond): '12133'. VERSO: LL: (stamped in violet ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'; LR (stamped in blue ink): 'THG' in oval.