“The Departure” – Medieval Catholic Crusaders – Thomas Cole – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality dove I have taken the liberty

I have taken the liberty of restoring some of the faded color while preserving its antique and original look

The style I used has been called "stained glass like

one of only 37 so far

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“The Departure” – Medieval Catholic Crusaders – Thomas Cole – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality dove I have taken the libertyThomas Cole painted a pair of pictures in 1837 showing a morning scene and an evening scene. Medieval Crusaders leave with high hopes and shiny, beautiful armor in the morning scene (The Departure) and a few stragglers return weary and wounded in the evening scene (The Return). In the first one, there is a statue of Mary and an old friar blessing them, and the architectural emphasis is the castle. In the evening scene, the same old friar is blessing