Why it matters
From inside a cavern, we look out at a barren coast after the Flood, strewn with broken trees, a mast and a skull, while the Ark floats in the distance and a dove flies. Cole consulted geologists to imagine the world after the Deluge.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1829.
- It has been read as America as a 'New Eden'.
- It was lost until 1974.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge (CC BY-SA 4.0).
