Cole

THOMAS, (kōl,) an American painter, B. in England, 1801, emigrated to America in 1819, and adopted the profe ion of an artist. He speedily attained celebrity as a painter of American scenery. Among his most admired works are: Cro in the Wilderne , The Hunter's Return,Home in the Woods, Mountain Ford, and his great allegorical series (in four pictures) of The Voyage of Life. D. 1858. Cole, in Mi ouri, a central co.; area, abt. 410 sq. m. C. Jefferson City. Pop. 10,292. [s. 204]