Washington Crossing the Delaware

E41335

history painting painting

"Washington Crossing the Delaware" is a famous 1851 oil painting by Emanuel Leutze depicting George Washington leading Continental Army troops across the icy Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Washington Crossing the Delaware canonical	7
Crossing of the Delaware	1
Crossing of the Delaware River	1
George Washington before the Battle of Trenton	1
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware	1
Washington Crossing the Delaware (painting)	1
Washington's crossing of the Delaware River	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T318288 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Washington Crossing the Delaware
Context triple: [Battle of Trenton, associatedArtwork, Washington Crossing the Delaware]

A. Cradle of Liberty
Cradle of Liberty is a historic nickname for Boston’s Faneuil Hall, a key meeting place for American colonists that became a symbol of the struggle for independence.
B. "Paul Revere's Ride"
"Paul Revere's Ride" is a famous narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that dramatizes American patriot Paul Revere’s midnight ride at the start of the American Revolution.
C. Old Ironsides
"Old Ironsides" is a famous 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that helped rally public support to preserve the historic U.S. frigate USS Constitution.
D. Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a pivotal American Revolutionary War victory in December 1776, when George Washington’s Continental Army surprised and defeated Hessian forces in New Jersey, boosting colonial morale and revitalizing the revolutionary cause.
E. Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were a secretive, radical colonial American group that led protests and direct action against British taxation and policies in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Washington Crossing the Delaware
Target entity description: "Washington Crossing the Delaware" is a famous 1851 oil painting by Emanuel Leutze depicting George Washington leading Continental Army troops across the icy Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.

A. Cradle of Liberty
Cradle of Liberty is a historic nickname for Boston’s Faneuil Hall, a key meeting place for American colonists that became a symbol of the struggle for independence.
B. "Paul Revere's Ride"
"Paul Revere's Ride" is a famous narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that dramatizes American patriot Paul Revere’s midnight ride at the start of the American Revolution.
C. Old Ironsides
"Old Ironsides" is a famous 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that helped rally public support to preserve the historic U.S. frigate USS Constitution.
D. Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a pivotal American Revolutionary War victory in December 1776, when George Washington’s Continental Army surprised and defeated Hessian forces in New Jersey, boosting colonial morale and revitalizing the revolutionary cause.
E. Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were a secretive, radical colonial American group that led protests and direct action against British taxation and policies in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	history painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
appliesToPart	canvas ⓘ
basedOn	George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on December 25–26, 1776 ⓘ
collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
commissionedBy	American patrons in Düsseldorf ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
creator	Emanuel Leutze ⓘ
depicts	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Battle of Trenton ⓘ surface form: Battle of Trenton (prelude) Continental Army ⓘ Delaware River ⓘ George Washington ⓘ United States flag ⓘ Washington Crossing the Delaware self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Washington's crossing of the Delaware River dangerous river crossing ⓘ diverse group of soldiers in the boat ⓘ heroic portrayal of George Washington ⓘ military leadership ⓘ patriotism ⓘ winter scene ⓘ
depictsTime	night of December 25–26, 1776 ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
genre	historical painting ⓘ
hasPart	American flag bearer ⓘ chunks of river ice ⓘ distant boats ⓘ dramatic sky ⓘ figure of George Washington standing in a boat ⓘ rowers in the boat ⓘ
hasVersion	smaller version at the White House ⓘ version at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum ⓘ
inception	1851 ⓘ
influencedBy	European Romantic history painting tradition ⓘ
location	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
locationOfCreation	Düsseldorf ⓘ
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Romanticism ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic, theatrical composition ⓘ historical inaccuracies in details ⓘ iconic image of George Washington ⓘ symbol of American patriotism ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Emanuel Leutze ⓘ
originalLanguage	none ⓘ
subjectOf	American cultural studies ⓘ art historical analysis ⓘ
title	Washington Crossing the Delaware self-link ⓘ
usesPerspective	dramatic diagonal composition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Trenton → associatedArtwork → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

Emanuel Leutze → notableWork → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

Emanuel Leutze → subjectOf → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington Crossing the Delaware (painting)

Emanuel Leutze → depicts → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Crossing the Delaware (painting)

this entity surface form: Crossing of the Delaware River

Delaware River → historicalEventSite → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

this entity surface form: George Washington's crossing of the Delaware

Washington Crossing the Delaware → depicts → Washington Crossing the Delaware self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington's crossing of the Delaware River

Washington Crossing the Delaware → title → Washington Crossing the Delaware self-link ⓘ

Leutze → notableWork → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

subject surface form: Emanuel Leutze

Daughters of Revolution → inspiredBy → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on December 25–26, 1776 → alsoKnownAs → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crossing of the Delaware

Larry Rivers → notableWork → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

John Trumbull → notableWork → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

this entity surface form: George Washington before the Battle of Trenton

Leutz → notableWork → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ