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Caption
From the article: "The Voyage of Life, painted by Thomas Cole in 1842, is a series of paintings that represent an allegory of the four stages of human life: childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The paintings follow a voyager who travels in a boat on a river through the mid-19th-century American wilderness. In each painting, accompanied by a guardian angel, the voyager rides the boat on the River of Life. The landscape, corresponding to the seasons of the year, plays a major role in telling the story. In each picture, the boat's direction of travel is reversed from the previous picture. In childhood, the infant glides from a dark cave into a rich, green landscape. As a youth, the boy takes control of the boat and aims for a shining castle in the sky. In manhood, the adult relies on prayer and religious faith to sustain him through rough waters and a threatening landscape. Finally, the man becomes old and the angel guides him to heaven across the waters of eternity."
Reason
Probably the best paintings FP set I can think of. All of them are in the same article, and they are meant to be seen together. Also, I'm not too sure we've got anything by this artist featured.
Articles in which this image appears
The Voyage of Life, and others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Thomas Cole

Promoted File:Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life Childhood, 1842 (National Gallery of Art).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Thomas Cole - The Ages of Life - Youth - WGA05140.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life, 1842, National Gallery of Art.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life Old Age, 1842 (National Gallery of Art).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]