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Dark engraved landscape of a storm with a small figure in a boat on water at lower left, rocks and bent trees, and a shaft of light through clouds.

The Voyage of Life: Manhood, engraving after Thomas Cole

An engraving of a dark, stormy allegorical landscape with a lone figure in a small boat on rippling water at lower left. Jagged rocks and gnarled, wind-bent trees frame the scene, while a shaft of light breaks through the storm clouds toward a distant rocky height.

Artist
James Smillie
Date
ca. 1855
Medium
engraving on paper mounted on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
3000 × 2262 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1860).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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