The Course of Empire: Destruction , by thomas cole , 1836 , battle painting, allegorical painting , Romanticism style , from the series The Course of Empire , knights and warriors, mountains, wars and battles, troubles and disasters, fires and floods
A painting of a burning city with a statue in the foreground.
A painting of a battle scene. There is a large white statue of a man holding a black object above his head. There are many people in the water surrounding the statue. 