found: Chapman, J.G. The American drawing-book, 1851:p. 208 (T. Cole)
found: Groce, G.C. The N.Y. Hist. Soc. dict. of artists in Amer., 1957(Cole, Thomas; landscape, portrait, and religious painter; b. Feb. 1, 1801; d. Feb. 11 or 12, 1848)
found: Britannica Micro.(Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848; American Romanic landscape painter who was a founder of the Hudson River school; d. Feb. 11, 1848, Catskill, N.Y.)
found: United States. Thomas Cole National Historic Site Act, 1999, Public Law 106-146:p. 1 (An Act to Establish the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in the State of New York as an Affiliated Area of the National Park System; the Hudson River school of landscape painting was inspired by Thomas Cole)
found: Wikipedia, viewed July 13, 2018(Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801-February 11, 1848) was an English-born American painter known for his landscape and history paintings. One of the major 19th-century American painters, he is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School; born in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died in Catskill, New York)
