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. Object Type: painting. Date: 1860. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 84.4 cm (33.2 in) ; width: 110.1 cm (43.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Westward
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