Title: The Architect's Dream
Description: The Architect's Dream is a 1840 oil painting created by Thomas Cole for New York architect Ithiel Town. Cole incorporated pieces of architecture from Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Gothic styles in various different parts of the painting, having dabbled in architecture previously. Cole finished the painting in only five weeks and showed it in the National Academy of Design annual exhibition that year. However, the painting was not well received by Ithiel, who refused to accept the painting because he claimed that it was "exclusively architectural". In a letter written in the late 1830s, Cole stated that: The painting was acquired by the Toledo Museum of Art in 1949.
Author(s): Thomas Cole