File:American Progress (John Gast painting).jpg

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John Gast: American Progress wikidata:Q6782867 reasonator:Q6782867
Artist
John Gast (1842–1896) wikidata:Q1700176
DescriptionAmerican lithographer and painter
Date of birth/death21 December 1842 Edit this at Wikidata26 July 1896 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/deathBerlinBrooklyn
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
American Progress Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"American Progress Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"American Progress Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Progresso americano"
label QS:Lfr,"American Progress"
label QS:Lhe,"הקידמה האמריקאית"
label QS:Lpt,"Progresso Americano"
label QS:Lzh,"美利坚向前行"
label QS:Lfi,"American Progress"
label QS:Les,"Progreso americano"
label QS:Lde,"American Fortschritt"
label QS:Lml,"അമേരിക്കൻ പ്രോഗ്രെസ്"
Object typepainting Edit this at Wikidata
Genreallegory Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: This painting shows Manifest Destiny, the belief in westward expansion of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. It was widely distributed as an engraving called "Spirit of the Frontier". Settlers are moving west, guided and protected by Columbia, aided by modern technology like railroads, and driving Native Americans and bison into obscurity. Columbia represents America, dressed in a Roman toga to represent classical republicanism, and brings the enlightened east to the darkened west.
Date1872 Edit this at Wikidata
Mediumoil Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensionsheight: 29.2 cm (11.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 40 cm (15.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+29.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+40U174728
institution QS:P195,Q4827110
Accession number
Referenceshttps://picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu/john-gast-american-progress-1872/
Source/Photographer
This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID ppmsca.09855.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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The author died in 1896, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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"American Progress" by John Gast

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current07:33, 29 March 2018Thumbnail for version as of 07:33, 29 March 20184,815 × 3,584 (5.8 MB)Yeenohigher quality
10:09, 20 July 2016Thumbnail for version as of 10:09, 20 July 20162,000 × 1,487 (1.71 MB)Alonso de Mendozamejor
20:30, 14 August 2010Thumbnail for version as of 20:30, 14 August 20101,307 × 994 (144 KB)Jeff G.Much larger version from http://www.westpac.paris4.sorbonne.fr/SPIP/IMG/jpg/image1.jpg
03:51, 13 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 03:51, 13 December 2006390 × 289 (36 KB)AThingReverted to earlier revision
03:49, 13 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 03:49, 13 December 2006591 × 438 (48 KB)AThingRepresentation of Manifest Destiny (To expand the United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean). In 1872 artist John Gast painted a popual scene of people moving west that captured the view of Americans at the time. C
02:55, 16 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 02:55, 16 October 2005390 × 289 (36 KB)Giro720{{PD-art}}

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