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Washington Crossing the Delaware is the title of three 1851 oil-on-canvas paintings by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze. The paintings commemorate General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River with the Continental Army on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War .
The Passage of the Delaware is a large, Neoclassical 1819 oil-on-canvas painting by Thomas Sully. [1] With attention to historical accuracy, the painting depicts George Washington on horseback observing the troops of the American Revolutionary Army in the process of crossing the Delaware River prior to the surprise attack on Hessian troops on ...
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a complex and surprise military maneuver organized by George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, which culminated in their attack on Hessian forces garrisoned at Trenton.
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Grand Themes: Emanuel Leutze, "Washington Crossing the Delaware," and American History Painting (Penn State University Press; 2012) 240 pages; Argues that the painting was a touchstone for debates over history painting at a time of intense sectionalism. Hutton, Anne Hawkes (1975). Portrait of Patriotism: Washington Crossing the Delaware. Radnor ...
Washington Crossing the Delaware may refer to: George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, an event during the American Revolutionary War before the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776; Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings), three paintings by Emanuel Leutze; Washington Crossing the Delaware (1953 painting), by Larry Rivers
Hundreds gathered for the reenactment of George Washington’s 1776 crossing of the Delaware, a year after COVID forced viewers to watch online.
According to legend, Prince Whipple accompanied General Whipple and George Washington in the famous crossing of the Delaware River [15] and is the black man portrayed fending off ice with an oar at Washington's knee in the painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, painted 75 years after the event by German American artist Emanuel Leutze. Most ...