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The flag depicted is an early version of the flag of the United States (the "Stars and Stripes"), the design of which did not exist at the time of Washington's crossing. The flag's design was first specified in the June 14, 1777, Flag Resolution of the Second Continental Congress, and flew for the first time on September 3, 1777—well after ...
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 ...
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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
George Washington, also known as Washington Crossing the Delaware, is a large 1876 marble statue by the Italian sculptors Fratelli Gianfranchi. The sculpture depicts General George Washington in a pose taken from the 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze.
In 1840, Edward Hicks, a self taught artist, painted his own version of Sully's The Passage of the Delaware, and the work was displayed at Washington's Crossing. In 1851, Emanuel Leutze produced another depiction of the events of the crossing but focusing on the crossing itself depicting George Washington in the boat. Prior to the production of ...
Washington's Crossing, by David Hackett Fischer; Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 painting), by Emanuel Leutze; Washington Crossing the Delaware (1953 painting), by Larry Rivers "Washington Crossing the Delaware" (sonnet), a 1936 sonnet by David Schulman; The Crossing, an A&E television movie
Künstler devoted two months of research with the aid of military experts and historians, besides visiting the location himself, before completing the painting in 2011, titled “Washington's Crossing.” [2] Among the inaccuracies Künstler corrected was the fact that Washington would not have been able to stand in a rowboat in daylight during ...