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Washington Crossing the Delaware – Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December [2]5th, 1776

Publisher Currier & Ives American
after Emanuel Leutze German American
Subject George Washington American
1857–71
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Washington Crossing the Delaware – Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December [2]5th, 1776
  • Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
  • Artist: after Emanuel Leutze (American, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1816–1868 Washington, D.C.)
  • Subject: George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
  • Date: 1857–71
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 8 3/16 × 12 1/4 in. (20.8 × 31.1 cm)
    Image and text: 8 13/16 × 12 1/4 in. (22.4 × 31.1 cm)
    Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/4 in. (25.7 × 36.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
  • Object Number: 63.550.378
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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