Washington Crossing the Delaware
Emanuel Leutze · 1851
The story
Washington Crossing the Delaware is the title of three 1851 oil-on-canvas paintings by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze depicting 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. Washington's covert crossing of the Delaware River that night was the first of several moves, leading to a surprise attack and victory against Hessian forces at the Battle of Trenton in New Jersey on the morning of December 26.
- Artist
- Emanuel Leutze
- Date
- 1851
- Collection
- The Met, New York, United States
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 378.5 × 647.7 cm
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