Rating 5/5 On Christmas night in 1776 approximately...General George Washington crossed from Valley...at McConkey's Ferry in Bucks County,...of 1,500 Hessian troops at Trenton,...New York City and lost the...marked the first military victory for...ability that would make him the...of America. One of the most...Crossing the Delaware" depicts not the...the grimly determined caught at a...in doubt and the attack a...irony about this famous work is...the artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1816-1868)..."Washington Crossing the Delaware" in Dusseldorf...Rhine River as his model for...had visited the United States several...well as paintings of Washington and...a museum. His career was based...American history but his reputation rests...work. The original oil on canvas...21 1/4 long, considerably larger than...inch fine-art print, suitable for the...

The Washington depicted in...given to fear or doubts. Although...are traveling right to left in...heading east across the river from...The actual crossing was done in...driving snowstorm, and was completed by...the glorification of Washington requires a...impressive figure. Although the sun would...if it were indeed up at...Washington's face is as well lit...absence of a legitimate light source....dawn Leutze uses mostly dark tones...he uses red to focus on...color in the flag, pants, scarves,...stands out because he appears to...the boat not in motion: the...the boat across the ice clogged...but the general stands like a...triangular forms defined by key lines...angle of the flagstaff is pretty...used by the figure at the...you extend that pole and along...then you will see they meet...flow of Washington's red cape extends...of the soldier wearing the red...Glover's Marblehead fishermen who had the...across the river that night). Even...men, the figure of Washington dramatically...not the only future president in...in the man holding the flag,...Ross design of 13 stars and...six months after this particular battle)....patriot, is a minor legend of...actually in Baltimore than night (but...Washington's army in a painting done...American Civil War is an interesting...from a historical perspective would be...which looks rather crammed with a...use a Durham boat, which was...long, 8 feet wide, and 42...was 3 1/2 inches when light...it could carry 150 barrels of...corn (i.e., it could carry 17...upriver). But by painting a much...boat, Leutze heightens the sense of...the attack, but also to the...site of the crossing is a...side of the Delaware River a...a museum. That site includes the...landing area, and the road used...for its attack. There are also...the time of the crossing. On...Crossing State Park, which includes an...the place where the Continental Army...the park as a kid and...of "Washington Crossing the Delaware." Of...since the original hangs in The...York City. While there are other...Washington there as well, such as...Gilbert Stuart (no, not that one,...still Luetze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware"...the artistic deification of the Father...