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Kaaterskill Falls

Thomas Cole · 1826

Kaaterskill Falls, by Thomas Cole, 1826The same view photographed on October 15, 2026

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The painting

Kaaterskill Falls is an 1826 oil-on-canvas painting by British-American painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School. It depicts the Kaaterskill Falls in Upstate New York.

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