The Voyage of Life, Childhood, 1842 by Thomas Cole Invitation Postcard
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Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life, Childhood, 1842. Allegory of the four stages of human life. The paintings, Childhood, Youth, Manhood, and Old Age, depict a voyager who travels in a boat on a river through the mid-19th-century American wilderness. In each painting the voyager rides the boat on the River of Life accompanied by a guardian angel.