The Edge of Doom

• Artist: Samuel Colman
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Geographical Location: England
• Dates: 1836-1838
• Dimensions: 54 x 78 1/2 in. (137.2 x 199.4 cm) Frame: 72 x 96 x 7 1/2 in. (182.9 x 243.8 x 19.1 cm)
• Signature: Signed and dated lower right: "S. Colman 1836" and "S. Colman 1838"
• Inscriptions: Inscribed lower center, on plinth: "The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a rack behind" Text from Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act IV, Scene 1, lines 151-156.
• Collection: European Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 3O11, SCR 37B
• Accession Number: 69.130
• Image: 69.130_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,