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

"Washington Crossing the Delaware" is perhaps the best known, since it has been engraved, and sold in all parts of the country in that form.

From Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by McCabe, James Dabney