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The painting was so well received, that in 1865 the United States
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as the subject of the painting and completed it in 1853. Its positive reception nationwide lead to the Ohio legislature requesting that Powell paint
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Ohio. It was finished in 1873. William Henry Powell died six years later. During his lifetime, Powell was elected into the
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in 1847 to paint the last large historical painting in the
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in New York City prior to receiving a commission from the
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in Sight of Land. From a painting by
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