The Michener Art Museum in Doylestown wants visitors to look again at one of the most familiar images in American history. Its new exhibition, “The Crossing: Picturing the American Revolution,” traces ...

Spend some time staring at the famous painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware," and you can't miss the ice. It's everywhere. Cold weather became part of Washington's military strategy, says Alex ...

Eldredge, Charles C., "Tales from the easel: American narrative paintings from Southeastern Museums, circa 1800-1950," Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2004, no. 7. "Three Hundred Years of ...

Emanuel Leutze's 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' serves as one of the most iconic images of the American Revolution. It took some artistic liberties.

The Book of the Exhibition. Eleventh Annual Exhibition of the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts. Baltimore, 1858. Baltimore: Printed by Samuel S. Mills, "Steam Press," corner ...