The Voyage of Life: Childhood

Inscriptions

Printed, lower left below image: PAINTED BY THOMAS COLE; printed, lower right below image: ENGRAVED BY JAMES SMILLIE; printed, lower center: THE VOYAGE OF LIFE _ CHILDHOOD. / From the original Painting by Thomas Cole, in the possession of Rev.d [superscript] Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, New York; printed lower center: [faded] “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by James Smillie in the Clerk’s Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York”; printed, lower left: “Who shall preserve thee beautiful child? / Keep thee as thou art now / Bring thee a spirit undefiled / At God’s pure throne to bow?; printed, lower right: This world is but a bruised reed / And life grows only dim / Who shall be near thee in thy need / To lead thee up to Him? / He who Himself was undefiled / With Him we trust thee beautiful child.”; printed, lower left: PROOF; printed, lower right: Printed by H. Peters; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: 3/8” / 2 ¼; inscribed, in graphite, lower right corner: set of / [illeg.]; stamped, in black ink, on reverse, lower left: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE / DEPT. OF ART AND / ARCHEOLOGY

Provenance

George Breed Zug (1867-1943, Dartmouth Professor of Art History, 1913-1932); given to present collection, 1921.

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