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Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study for U.S. Capitol) by Emanuel Leutze

• APA (7th)

  Leutze, E. (1861). Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study for U.S. Capitol) [Painting]. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, US. https://www.artwiki.art/artworks/emanuel-leutze/westward-the-course-of-empire-takes-its-way-mural-study-for-us-capitol

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  Leutze, Emanuel. Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study for U.S. Capitol). 1861, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, US. Art History Wiki, https://www.artwiki.art/artworks/emanuel-leutze/westward-the-course-of-empire-takes-its-way-mural-study-for-us-capitol. Accessed 2026-05-21.

• Chicago (Notes-Bibliography)

  Emanuel Leutze, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study for U.S. Capitol), 1861, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, US, https://artwiki.art.

• Harvard

  Leutze, E., 1861. Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study for U.S. Capitol). [Painting] Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, US. Available at: https://www.artwiki.art/artworks/emanuel-leutze/westward-the-course-of-empire-takes-its-way-mural-study-for-us-capitol (Accessed: 2026-05-21).

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