Voyage of Life: Youth (Copy of Thomas Cole's work)
Mary Jane Dewey, American, 1837 - 1942
after Thomas Cole, American, 1801 - 1848
November 9, 1864
Oil on canvas
Overall: 23 1/16 × 31 1/16 in. (58.5 × 78.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. E. G. Dewey
P.960.80
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, dated and inscribed, on stretcher: M. J. Dewey / Nov. 9 1864. Inscribed, in other hand, on reverse: "Youth of 2nd of Voyage of Life / by Mary Jane Dewey, born 1837, died 1942, She died in the Dewey House, Hanover, New Hampshire, 101 years.
Provenance
Mrs. E. G. Dewey, probably Mrs. Edward George Dewey, Jr. (Eleanor Morton Clark Dewey, 1874-1963), the arist's nephew's 2nd wife; given to present collection, 1960.
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