Washington's crossing of the Delaware River

Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the... Read more
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Washington at the Delaware

c. 1849
oil on canvas
28 x 35-1/2 in.

Chrysler Museum of Art

Norfolk, VA

Hicks, Edward GA
Washington Crossing The Delaware

1851
oil on canvas
149 x 255 in. (378.5 x 647.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

Leutze, Emanuel Gottliebnotes
Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. It commemorates General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. That action was the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian...
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