Art in America; a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 64
. 59 once superb capital returns to the wildness and solitude of nature. Thelast of the series, entitled Desolation—a gray silent waste, haunted bythe bittern, with here and there a crumbling column reflected in the de-serted harbor, where gleaming fleets once floated, and imperial pageantswere… … DESOLATION.—[FROM THE COURSE OF EMPIRE, BY THOMAS COLE.] been to give dignity to landscape art rather than to impress his thoughtsand methods on other artists. It is true that he seized the characteristicsof our scenery with a truth which came not only from close study, but alsofrom deep affection…
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