Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way (published "Illustrated Chicago News")
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Thomas Nast|Joseph T. Speer
Artist bio: American (born Germany), Landau 1840–1902 Guayaquil|American, active 1868
Artist role: Artist|Engraver
Artist nationality: American, born Germany|American
Date: originally published ca. 1868
Medium: Relief print and electrotype
Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 × 19 13/16 in. (33.7 × 50.3 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 22 3/8 in. (40.7 × 56.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford and Cyril Nast, 1933
Accession year: 1933