File:Westward.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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Photographer |
photograph: Ad Meskens; |
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Title |
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way Alternative title(s): |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816 – July 18, 1868) was a German American history painter best-known for his painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.
In 1860 Leutze was commissioned by the U.S. Congress to decorate a stairway in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, for which he painted a large composition, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, which is also commonly known as Westward Ho!. The painting is a study for the mural. It celebrates the idea of the Manifest Destiny at the time when the Civil War threatened the republic. |
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Date |
1860 date QS:P571,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 84.4 cm (33.2 in) ; width: 110.1 cm (43.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+84.455U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+110.1725U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1192305 |
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Accession number |
1931.6.1 (Smithsonian American Art Museum) |
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Place of creation | United States of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Own photograph of painting in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows |
File change date and time | 22:31, 21 January 2009 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 3,132 px |
Image height | 1,764 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 23:31, 21 January 2009 |
Date metadata was last modified | 23:31, 21 January 2009 |