“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

they pretended they needed help with their car at the side of the road

without suffering death

back when some of the world's best treasure maps were made

The style I used has been called "stained glass like

“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