Washington Crossing the Delaware - Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December 5th, 1776. Dimensions: Image: 8 3/16 × 12 1/2 in. (20.8 × 31.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 3/16 in. (25.5 × 36 cm). Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857-1907). Sitter: George Washington (American, 1732-1799). Date: 1857-71.
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.
Technique/matériel:
hand-colored lithograph
Musée:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Éditeur:
Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857-1907)