On a roughly 260-square-foot canvas, German painter Emanual Leutze cast in oil one of the most enduring images of the American Revolution in 1851. Except the crossing didn't actually look quite the ...

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.

Emanuel Leutze was a German painter who created the painting to inspire revolutions in Europe. The painting is filled with inaccuracies but captures an indelible spirit. Reinterpretations of the ...

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 ...