Emanuel Leutze, an American painter, born in Gmund, Wtirtemberg, May 24, 1816, died in Washington, D. C, July 18, 1868. His parents emigrated in his infancy to Philadelphia, where his youth was passed. It was while attending at the sick bed of his father that he first attempted drawing. His first success in painting was a picture representing an Indian gazing at the setting sun, which procured him so many orders that in 1841 he was able to carry into effect a long cherished desire to study his art abroad. He went to Diisseldorf, and became one of the pupils of Lessing, under whom he made rapid progress. His first work in Europe, "Columbus before the Council of Salamanca," was purchased by the Dusseldorf art union; and a picture representing Columbus in chains procured him the medal of the Brussels art exhibition. In 1843 he studied at Munich, and finished there his " Columbus before the Queen." After a stay in Venice and Rome, he in 1845 returned to Dusseldorf, where he married and chiefly resided till 1859, when he returned to the United States. Among his best works are "The Landing of the Norsemen in America," "Cromwell and his Daughter," " The Court of Queen Elizabeth," " Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn," " The Iconoclast," etc, some of which are of large dimensions.

In the United States he is known by his " Washington crossing the Delaware," " Washington at Monmouth," "Washington at the Battle of Mo-nongahela," " News from Lexington," "Sergeant Jasper," and " Washington at Princeton." The " Washington crossing the Delaware " has been engraved. Among his latest works is "Westward the Star of Empire takes its Way," a large picture for one of the staircases in the capitol at Washington.