How Washington's crossing of the Delaware presaged a changing world

On the evening of Christmas 1776, Gen. George Washington surprised the King's forces by leading the Continental Army in a ...
The Austin Chronicle

The Battle of Washington’s Bulge

Top: Detail of Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851) as accurately reproduced, complete with watch fob, in Prentice Hall’s The American Nation. Bottom: Detail of Eastman Johnson’s ...
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Grand themes : Emanuel Leutze, Washington crossing the Delaware, and American history painting / Jochen Wierich

Introduction. The look of history -- The revolt against the grande machine : Emanuel Leutze at the Metropolitan Fair -- Leutze's Storming of the Teocalli : historical struggle and the middle class -- ...
Buffalo News

Iconic Delaware crossing painting gets redone for historical accuracy

One of America's most famous images, a painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware River, got much of the story wrong: The American commander wouldn't have stood triumphantly on a rowboat in ...
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Washington Crossing the Delaware: British Soldier

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1959, Alex Katz began painting ...