Pioneers of America, Westward the star of empire takes it's way"" – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Pioneers of America, Westward the star of empire takes it's way""
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Its title pairs "Pioneers of America" with the line "Westward the star of empire takes its way," a variant of a phrase many Americans knew well by 1897. The wording echoes George Berkeley's 1726 poem, whose line about the course of empire was later taken up as a slogan for westward expansion and given monumental form in Emanuel Leutze's 1861 mural in the U.S. Capitol. The print was registered for copyright on November 11, 1897, and its record associates it with Hunter & Co., though that attribution is unverified. The title turns a line of poetry into a patriotic message about settlers moving across the continent.
| Created / published | 1897 Nov. 11. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | A2176 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hunter & Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,030 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109195 |
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