https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cole
*There's something proto-Hollywood about the guy, he really pours it on with the nifty props and the set design.
*Also, when an American goes to continental Europe and has a look around, it's really hard for us not to perceive it this way. This is Mark Twain's "Innocents Abroad" happening while Twain is about two years old.
