The far background of this painting contains a faint upside-down inscription possibly reading the Hebrew word for "God Almighty", "Shaddai".
The far background of this painting contains a faint upside-down inscription possibly reading the Hebrew word for "God Almighty", "Shaddai". A stool, paint box, and signed portfolio lie next to an umbrella that juts across the diagonal of this painting. The artist of this painting included a tiny self- portrait of himself in a brown hat and red coat sitting at some rocks with his easel. This standalone painting was completed as a respite from a series commissioned by Luman Reed. This painting features a blasted tree threatened by storm clouds in its left foreground and cultivated land in the lower right background. For 10 points, name this panoramic landscape, a view of a bend in the Connecticut River from Mount Holyoke by Thomas Cole.
The far background of this painting contains a faint upside-down inscription possibly reading the Hebrew word for "God Almighty", "Shaddai".
The Oxbow [or View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm until it is read]