Washington Crossing the Delaware – Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December 5th, 1776

Publisher Currier & Ives American
 Sitter George Washington American

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Scene from the American Revolution. George Washington stands in boat crossing the icy river. Eight soldiers accompany Washington in the boat, some rowing, one pushing ice out of the way, one holding the American flag aloft.

Washington Crossing the Delaware – Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December 5th, 1776, Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907), Hand-colored lithograph

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