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A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning
- Artist
- Thomas Cole
- Year
- 1844
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 35 7/8 × 53 7/8 in. (91 × 136.9 cm)
- Region
- Hudson River
Nestled in this panoramic landscape by Thomas Cole is the popular focal point of Catskill tourism—the Mountain House, opened in 1824. The title designates the time to be morning—recalling the fact that Mountain House visitors were routinely roused at daybreak to observe the sun rising over the Hudson River. Set on 300 acres of a high plateau known as Pine Orchard, the resort offered dramatic mountain and valley views. Cole placed the Mountain House within a panoramic expanse that included some of the area’s best-known features, including the distinctive mountain peaks of High Peak and Round Top, and North and South Lakes.
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