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Emanuel Leutze: Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol)  wikidata:Q20540623 reasonator:Q20540623
Artist
Emanuel Leutze  (1816–1868)  wikidata:Q452321
 
Emanuel Leutze
Alternative names
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
Description American-German painter, artist and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 24 May 1816 Edit this at Wikidata 18 July 1868 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Gmünd, (now Schwäbisch Gmünd) Washington DC
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artist QS:P170,Q452321
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Title
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol)
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1861
date QS:P571,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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
institution QS:P195,Q1192305
Accession number
1931.6.1
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Sara Carr Upton
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