A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning
Thomas Cole
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
Nestled in this panoramic landscape by Thomas Cole is the popular focal point of Catskill tourism—the Mountain House, opened in 1824. The title designates the time to be morning—recalling the fact that Mountain House visitors were routinely roused at daybreak to observe the sun rising over the Hudson River. Set on 300 acres of a high plateau known as Pine Orchard, the resort offered dramatic mountain and valley views. Cole placed the Mountain House within a panoramic expanse that included some of the area’s best-known features, including the distinctive mountain peaks of High Peak and Round Top, and North and South Lakes.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1844
DIMENSIONS
35 13/16 x 53 7/8 in. (91 x 136.9 cm)
frame: 43 13/16 x 61 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (111.3 x 157.2 x 8.3 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right: "T Cole / 1844"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
52.16
CREDIT LINE
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
PROVENANCE
By 1845, acquired from the artist by Henry S. Mulligan of New York, NY; before 1952, inherited through the Mulligan family by Mr. Cox; by 1952, acquired, possibly from Mr. Cox, by Victor Spark of New York; February 15, 1952, purchased from Victor Spark by the Brooklyn Museum, by exchange.
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EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
CAPTION
Thomas Cole (American, born England, 1801â1848). A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning, 1844. Oil on canvas, 35 13/16 x 53 7/8 in. (91 x 136.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 52.16 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 52.16_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 52.16_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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