Washington Crossing the Delaware

Cultural  

1. A painting from the nineteenth century by a German painter, Emanuel Leutze, showing George Washington and a group of soldiers in a small boat crossing the Delaware River. In this romanticized but inaccurate view, the soldiers are going to launch a surprise attack against the British troops during the American Revolutionary War.

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Example Sentences

I mean, even in Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze painted the Founding Father with a small paunch.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Saul has also taken a stab at historical landscapes, like Custer’s Last Stand and Washington Crossing the Delaware.

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2020

There is also a parody of Washington Crossing the Delaware, an 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze which has been recreated by Rolling Stone cartoonist Victor Juhasz.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2018

The Met had displayed them in separate galleries, and "Washington Crossing the Delaware," which the Met acquired in 1897, was in a side gallery.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2012

At the end of the term I received a prize—a highly coloured print of "Washington Crossing the Delaware," which Pa and Ma used long after to bring out and exhibit with pride.

From The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day by Stark, Harriet