Kindred Spirits, Asher Brown Durand, 1849

Kindred spirits was commissioned by the merchant-collector jonathan sturges as a gift for william cullen bryant in gratitude for the nature poet's eulogy to thomas cole, who had died suddenly during early 1848. It shows cole, who had been jonathan sturges mentor, standing in a gorge in catskills in the company of mutual friend william cullen bryant. Object Type: painting. Genre: landscape painting. Date: 1849. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 117 cm (46 in); width: 92 cm (36.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Thomas Cole, William Cullen Bryant. Collection: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Asher Durand Kindred SpiritsFXD