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Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol)

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, born Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany 1816-died Washington, DC 1868

Maximum print size

25.4 × 19.6 cm · 10.0 × 7.7 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,000 × 2,315 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 35.6 × 27.9 cm · 14.0 × 11.0 in
Mat opening: 25.4 × 19.6 cm · 10.0 × 7.7 in
Mat border, sides: 5.1 cm · 2.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 4.3 cm · 1.7 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1861
Medium: oil on canvas
Type: Painting
Size: 84.5 × 110.1 cm · 33.3 × 43.3 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: Smithsonian Institution ↗

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