The Garden of Eden
Thomas Cole, 1828
Fruit in the branches. A waterfall in the far cliff. Birds and deer. A stream at your feet. The mountain is the far wall.
About this work
Thomas Cole signed and dated The Garden of Eden "T. Cole. 1828. NY". It shows Paradise before the Fall: lush vegetation and palms framing a view across a sunlit valley to a sharp, distant mountain peak. Cole painted it as the companion to his Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, and the two were exhibited together later in 1828 at the National Academy of Design in New York, of which Cole was a founding member and where he showed his work in the hope of sales and commissions. In the Expulsion, now in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the same Paradise appears on the bright side of a divided composition, with a dark and violent world on the other. Cole was born in England in 1801, emigrated to the United States with his family and became the founder of the Hudson River School. His paintings often frame the New World as a natural Eden, in contrast with the smoky industrial cities of the Britain he grew up in. The painting measures 38½ × 52¾ inches and is in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas.
Sources: Amon Carter Museum of American Art · Wikipedia: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (Cole) · Wikipedia: Thomas Cole
Print facts
- Native resolution
- 11,799 × 8,683 px
- Sharp at 150 ppi up to
- 78 × 57 in
- Sizes
- Small (20 × 15 in) · $100 · 579 ppi
Medium (24 × 18 in) · $150 · 482 ppi
Large (36 × 26 in) · $300 · 328 ppi - Price includes
- Frame and US shipping · 14–21 days · 30-day returns
FAQ
Where can I buy a framed print of The Garden of Eden?
Here. The Garden of Eden is available as a framed print in three sizes: Small (20 × 15 in) for $100, Medium (24 × 18 in) for $150 and Large (36 × 26 in) for $300. Prices include the frame and US shipping; delivery takes 14–21 days, with 30-day returns.
What size works best for The Garden of Eden?
The file is 11,799 × 8,683 px, so every size is sharp: even Large (36 × 26 in) prints at 328 ppi. Choose Large (36 × 26 in) for a large wall; Small (20 × 15 in) suits a narrower space.
Is it legal to print The Garden of Eden?
Yes. The Garden of Eden is in the public domain: its copyright, if it ever had one, expired long ago. In the United States a faithful photograph of a public-domain painting does not create a new copyright (Bridgeman v. Corel, 1999), so the image can be printed and sold freely.
