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Across the Continent: "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way" Wall Art
ART BY: James Merritt Ives
Across the Continent: "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way" Wall Art
ART BY: James Merritt Ives
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Across the Continent: "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way" is a print, lithograph with hand coloring and touches of gum arabic on wove paper by James Merritt Ives (1824–1895), dated 1868. The artist is catalogued as American. The original is held by the National Gallery of Art, and the file offered here measures 4096 × 2921 px (3.1 MB). You will find it among Landscape, in landscape format. Archive Lane holds 18 works by James Merritt Ives, an American artist.
James Merritt Ives was an American lithographer, bookkeeper, and businessman. He oversaw the business and financial side of the firm, Currier and Ives, which he co-managed with his business partner, Nathaniel Currier.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by James Merritt Ives →
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