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1/26/2002 · The Consummation of Empire is the third in a series of five oiloncanvas paintings entitled The Course of Empire, created by the American artist Thomas Cole between 1833 and 1836. The series, now in the collection of the NewYork Historical Society, depicts the growth and fall of an imaginary city, situated at the lower end of a river valley.In this painting, the rural village has become a ...
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