The Eccentrics and Other American Visionary Painters
- ISBN-10
- 0525475001
- ISBN-13
- 9780525475002
- Category
- Fantasy in art
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1978
- Publisher
- Plume
- Author
- Abraham A. Davidson
Description
Its correctness seems to have been taken for granted by Howard S. Merritt . See Howard S. Merritt , Thomas Cole , catalogue ( Rochester , N.Y .: Memorial Art Gallery , University of Rochester , 1969 ) , p . 29 .
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