Map Source: William Bridges, Map of the City of New York and Island of Manhattan, as Laid Out by the Commissioners Appointed by
the Legislature, April 3d, 1807, Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, DC, 1811.
Not far from Cole's Second Manhattan Studio, his patron Luman Reed created an art gallery in his townhouse at 13 Greenwich Street. Cole painted The Course of Empire for Reed's gallery in this location.
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Installation Diagram for the Course of Empire Thomas Cole Pen and brown ink over graphite pencil on off-white wove paper, 1833
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