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George Washington at Valley Forge

Founder Cast by Roman Bronze Works
1905, cast ca. 1906
Not on view
In “George Washington at Valley Forge” the somber commander-in-chief is depicted mounted on his horse, dressed in a Continental uniform, and enveloped in a heavy cloak during the bleak winter of 1777-78, when his troops were bivouacked at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The heroic-size sculpture on a granite base was unveiled at Brooklyn Plaza of the Williamsburg Bridge (now Continental Army Plaza) on September 29, 1906. The Metropolitan’s statuette is a replica of the maquette that was approved for the monument by the Art Commission of the City of New York in 1905.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: George Washington at Valley Forge
  • Artist: Henry Merwin Shrady (American, New York 1871–1922 New York)
  • Founder: Cast by Roman Bronze Works
  • Date: 1905, cast ca. 1906
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: 25 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 9 in. (64.8 x 59.7 x 22.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Charles and Anita Blatt Gift, 1974
  • Object Number: 1974.9
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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