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William Henry Powell: Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto  wikidata:Q10779557 reasonator:Q10779557
Artist
William Henry Powell  (1823–1879)  wikidata:Q3568696
 
William Henry Powell
Alternative names

W. H. Powell

George William Henry Powell
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 14 February 1823 Edit this at Wikidata 6 October 1879 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death New York City Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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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
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
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.
Powell (1823–1879) was born in New York and raised in Ohio. He studied art in Italy and worked on the painting in Paris. He also painted The Battle of Lake Erie, which hangs in the east Senate Grand Staircase in the Capitol.

The dimensions of this oil painting on canvas are 365.76 cm by 548.64 cm (144.00 in by 216.00 in).
Date 1853
date QS:P571,+1853-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Architect of the Capitol

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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 domain 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. Architect of the Capitol logo

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