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The Oxbow by Thomas Cole — restored print
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Vintage & Antique

The Oxbow

Thomas Cole, 1836 — Oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1908 · 1836

$439

For 36×24 in, float frame canvas, black

Printed & framed in the USA

Made to orderShips in a flat box or tubeDamaged or not what you ordered? Tell us within 7 days of delivery — free replacement

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Measure the wall between whatever bounds it — window trim, a doorway, the corner. Sizes are judged hung (frame included) with 6 in of breathing room, two-thirds the width of the furniture under them, and the center at eye level (57–60 in). Guidance, not a guarantee: the true-size template is the final check.

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Art
The Oxbow
Size
36×24 in ·
Finish
Float frame canvas, Black ·
Price
$439
  • Made to order just for you: printed, finished and packed within 3–5 business days. Your order reaches the printer within minutes and printing can start soon after; once it starts, the order can't be canceled or changed.
  • Free replacement if it arrives damaged, defective or not what you ordered — tell us within 7 days of delivery, with photos. Because each piece is made for you, there are no returns for a change of mind. Full policy
  • No hanging hardware is included. Stretched and framed canvases hang flat on two nails or screws, set level: the wooden bar on the back rests on them, and the free wall template marks the spot. Rolled canvas goes to a framer first.
  • Printed from an archive scan of the original print (1836). Its paper tone, small spots and marks of age are part of the picture, just as on the original sheet, and colors can look slightly different on your screen.

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36×24 in · Float frame canvas, Black$439

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How it gets to you · item no. 49 · SKU VIN-LAS0049-FFL-24X36

  1. Printed for youwithin 3–5 business days
  2. Shipped with tracking3–8 business days after printing
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Please check before you buy. Your order goes to the printer within minutes, and once printing starts, made-to-order pieces can't be canceled, changed or returned for a change of mind, so please check the size guide and room views first. If it arrives damaged, defective or not what you ordered, we'll replace it free within 7 days. Full policy

Materials & finish

Printed on 400 gsm canvas with pigment inks. Stretched canvas and float frame canvas sit on a 1.5 in (38 mm) wooden stretcher; the classic frame holds the canvas on a slimmer 0.75 in (19 mm) stretcher. Rolled canvas ships in a sturdy tube.

The float frame stands 2.1 in (53 mm) off the wall, with a 0.5 in (12 mm) face and a 0.2 in (5 mm) gap around the canvas. The classic frame stands 0.9 in (22 mm) off the wall with a 0.8 in (20 mm) face.

Hanging hardware is not included. Two picture hooks (or screws) rated for the weight, set level, are all it needs; the free true-size wall template marks the spot.

Corner of a Black float frame canvas: the canvas sits inside the frame with a narrow gap Back of a float frame canvas: wooden stretcher inside the frame, no hanging hardware fitted Cross-section of the float frame: 53 mm deep, 12 mm face, 5 mm gap, 38 mm canvas
The float frame up close: front corner, the back as it arrives, and its cross-section. Photos: Prodigi, who print and frame our pieces.

Every finish is printed from the same file at the same resolution; only the mounting changes.

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Rights & provenance record

Source scan: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access)
Rights statement of the archive: “Public domain. Thomas Cole (1801–1848); The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) as part of its Open Access program.”
Original print: Thomas Cole, 1836, 51 1/2 x 76 in. (130.8 x 193 cm). Verified 2026-10-11.

This product is a new print made to order from a restored scan of that print. It is not an original antique and is not sold as one.

The story of this print

Thomas Cole (1801–1848) painted this view from the summit of Mount Holyoke in western Massachusetts in 1836. Its full title is View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow. On the left, a storm is moving off over dark, wild woods and a broken tree. On the right, the Connecticut River makes a wide loop through sunlit farmland. Cole is often called the founder of the Hudson River School, and this is one of the best-known American landscapes. He included a small figure of himself at an easel on the rocks near the bottom.

The close-ups show how much detail sits in the valley. Fields are marked out in strips and squares of gold and green, with small trees, grazing animals, a sailboat on the river and thin threads of smoke rising from farm chimneys. The foreground tree, by contrast, is painted in mossy greens and torn bark, with a splintered stump beside it, while the forest behind is a deep mass of shadowed leaves.

The split between storm and sunlight gives the picture a strong left-to-right movement that reads well across a room. It suits a living room, a study or an office as vintage landscape wall art, and its long horizontal shape makes a natural large canvas above a sofa or a fireplace. It pairs well with Frederic Edwin Church’s Heart of the Andes and Albert Bierstadt’s The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak.

What we did to this scan

  1. Used as the museum photographed and published it: no retouching and no color changes.
  2. Trimmed the museum's dark background and the canvas's unpainted edges, then cropped evenly to a 3:2 canvas — 11% of the photograph's area in all.
  3. Enlarged 2× for print with Real-ESRGAN, an AI upscaler, so the brushwork holds at large sizes.

About this particular sheet. Made from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access photograph of the painting. The museum's dark background and the canvas's unpainted edges were trimmed away and the picture cropped evenly to fit the canvas shape (11% of the photograph's area in all), then enlarged for print with an AI upscaler.

Every print is credited to its archive here and in your order confirmation. Paper tone and small imperfections of the original are kept on purpose; nothing is redrawn. How we restore.

Questions

What does the painting show?
From a wooded hilltop, the view looks down on the Connecticut River as it bends in a wide loop through sunlit farmland. On the left, a dark storm moves away over wild forest and a broken tree, while the sky clears on the right. A tiny figure of the painter sits at an easel on the rocks near the bottom center.
Is this an original painting?
No. It is a new print made from the museum's photograph of the painting, which hangs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. We never sell originals or antiques.
Where does the image come from?
It comes from The Met's Open Access program. The painting is in the public domain, since Thomas Cole died in 1848, and the Met releases this image under Creative Commons Zero (CC0). The museum's record is linked on this page.
How is it made?
It is printed to order for you, in the finish you choose: a float frame canvas, a classic frame canvas, a stretched canvas, a rolled canvas or an acrylic panel. Both frames come in Black or Antique Gold. The size and finish picker shows which sizes each finish is made in.
Colors vary a little between screens and canvas. The previews are drawn, not photographed, and are a close match to the printed piece.

Every size, one wall

All 6 sizes of this print, side by side

To scale, framed, with a 5 ft 6 in figure for reference — so you can see the steps between sizes at a glance before you pick one above.

Left to right: 60×40 in · 48×32 in · 36×24 in · 30×20 in · 24×16 in · 18×12 in

Every size to scale on one wall, framed in Black, beside a 5 ft 6 in figure. Room photograph generated for scale; the figure is 5 ft 6 in.

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Size guide
5′6″ 16×12 in24×18 in36×24 in
SizeMetricBest for
18×12 in46×30 cmDesk, shelf, small wall, gallery groupings
24×16 in61×41 cmAbove a desk or console, hallway, bedroom
30×20 in76×51 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
36×24 in91×61 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
48×32 in122×81 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
60×40 in152×102 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office

Sizes are the canvas size. A framed piece is a little larger than its canvas: add the frame.