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VAN GOGH: BOOTS, 1886. Boots with Laces. Oil on canvas, Paris, by Vincent Van Gogh

VAN GOGH: BOOTS, 1886.
Boots with Laces. Oil on canvas, Paris, by Vincent Van Gogh

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1886, Boot, Dutch, Fine Art, Laces, Late, Painting, Shoe Lace, Still Life, Van, Van Gogh, Vincent

NAPOLEON CARTOON, 1805. The Plumb-pudding in danger; - or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper. Satirical etching, 1805, by James Gillray a propos of a peace overture from Napoleon, showing Napoleon and British Prime Minister William Pitt carving up the world

NAPOLEON CARTOON, 1805.
'The Plumb-pudding in danger; - or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper. Satirical etching, 1805, by James Gillray a propos of a peace overture from Napoleon, showing Napoleon and British Prime Minister William Pitt carving up the world

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1805, Bicorn, Bonaparte, Cartoon, Early, Emperor, English, Etching, First French Empire, France, French, Gill Ray, Great Britain, James, Pitt, Plum Pudding, Political Acts, Satire, Will I Am, World, Younger

American Progress

Painting entitled American Progress, by John Gast, depicting Manifest Destiny (the religious belief that the United States should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in the name of God). In 1872 artist John Gast painted a popular scene of people moving west that captured the view of Americans at the time. Called Spirit of the Frontier and widely distributed as an engraving portrayed settlers moving west, guided and protected by a goddess-like figure and aided by technology (railways, telegraphs), driving Native Americans and bison into obscurity. It is also important to note that angel is bringing the light as witnessed on the eastern side of the painting as she travels towards the darkened west. USA, circa 1872. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images)

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