Across the Continent – "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Frances Flora Bond Palmer|Currier & Ives|James Merritt Ives
Artist bio: American (born England), Leicester 1812–1876 New York|American, active New York, 1857–1907|American, New York 1824–1895 New York
Artist role: Artist|Publisher|Lithographer
Artist nationality: American, born England|American|American
Date: 1868
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 17 3/4 × 27 1/4 in. (45.1 × 69.2 cm)
Image and text: 20 in. × 27 1/4 in. (50.8 × 69.2 cm)
Sheet: 24 1/4 in. × 33 in. (61.6 × 83.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of George S. Amory, in memory of his wife, Renée Carhart Amory, 1966
Accession year: 1966