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Across the Continent. "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way."
Object Details
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Date
1868
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Object Type
Prints
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Medium
Lithograph with applied watercolor
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Contributors
Drawn on Stone by James Merritt Ives
Published by Currier & Ives
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Dimensions
Image: 17 11/16 x 27 1/4 in.
Sheet: 22 3/4 x 31 13/16 in. -
Inscriptions
Recto:
l.l.: J.M. IVES, DEL.
l.c.: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year AD.[monogram] 1868, by Currier & Ives in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. \ ACROSS THE CONTINENT. \ "WESTWARD THE COURSE OF EMPIRE TAKES ITS WAY." \ NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES 152 NASSAU STREET
l.r.: DRAWN BY F.F. PALMER.
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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Accession Number
1970.187
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Copyright
Public domain
Additional details
Location: Off view
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