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| Keywords: Westward.jpg Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way alternate title Westward Ho en 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 Own photograph of painting in the Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington DC photograph Ad Meskens; creator Emanuel Leutze Smithsonian American Art Museum 1860 Please add 'photograph Ad Meskens' when used PD-old-100 Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way | ||||
