File:Discovery of the Mississippi.jpg
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[edit]William Henry Powell: Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q3568696 (photograph courtesy Architect of the Capitol) |
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Title |
English: Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
William H. Powell was the last artist to be commissioned by the Congress for a painting in the Rotunda. His dramatic and brilliantly colored canvas shows Spanish conqueror and explorer Hernando DeSoto, riding a white horse, the first European to view the Mississippi River, in 1541. As De Soto and his troops approach, the Native Americans in front of their tepees watch, and a chief holds out a peace pipe. In the foreground is a jumble of weapons and soldiers, suggesting the attack they had suffered shortly before. To the right, a monk prays as a crucifix is set in the ground. |
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Date |
1853 date QS:P571,+1853-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Source/Photographer | Architect of the Capitol |
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Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse The author died in 1879, 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.
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Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image is a work of an employee of the Architect of the Capitol, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, all images created or made by the Architect of the Capitol are in the public domain in the United States.
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