Westward Ho!, Washington, D.C. - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph

Photograph of preparatory oil sketch, mural on canvas, for the proposed fresco in the U.S. Capitol showing American pioneers crossing mountains on horseback and in covered wagons; includes a view of the Golden Gate Strait. (Source: AOC curator B., Wolanin, 2013)
Also known as: Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way. Original mural study, dated 1861-1862, is at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 57.

Notations: From original study; a fresco in s. wing; 'Crossing the Divide;' Leutze; Golden Gate.
Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1.
Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.