Emanuel Leutze

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Alt text: Painting of a woman looking into the distance

Emanuel Leutze
German-American, 1816-1868
Why Don’t He Come?, 1840
Oil on canvas
25 1/8 H. x 27 7/8 W. inches
Inscribed Verso: (Byron Quote) / E.G. Leutze / Mar 1840
Why don’t he come
And on the Summit of the hill she stood
Looking afar if yet her lovers steed
Kept pace with her expectancy and flew.
Byron