File:Westward (Leutze).JPG
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Summary
[edit]Emanuel Leutze: Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q452321 |
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Title |
(preliminary study for a mural in the U.S. Capitol).
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816 – July 18, 1868) was a German-American history painter best known for his painting Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). In 1860 he was commissioned by the U.S. Congress to decorate a stairway in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., for which he painted this preliminary study for the large composition, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, also commonly known as Westward Ho! It celebrates the idea of the Manifest Destiny at the time when the Civil War threatened the Republic. |
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Date |
1861 date QS:P571,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 33.2 in (84.4 cm); width: 43.3 in (110.1 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,33.25U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,43.375U218593 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1192305 |
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Accession number |
1931.6.1 |
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Place of creation | United States of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Sara Carr Upton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | photo by James Steakley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions |
Smithsonian American Art Museum: online database: entry 14569
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Camera location | 38° 53′ 51.61″ N, 77° 01′ 20.4″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 38.897669; -77.022333 |
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Licensing
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This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
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