Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

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history painting oil painting work of art

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze is a famous 1851 history painting depicting George Washington’s perilous nighttime crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War, celebrated as an iconic image of American patriotism and heroism.

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Label	Occurrences
Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware	1
George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River	1
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze canonical	1
painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Leutze	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	history painting ⓘ oil painting ⓘ work of art ⓘ
artisticStyle	dramatic lighting ⓘ heroic composition ⓘ romanticized realism ⓘ
collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
creator	Emanuel Leutze ⓘ
depicts	American Revolutionary War ⓘ American flag ⓘ Continental Army soldiers ⓘ Durham boat ⓘ George Washington ⓘ crossing of the Delaware River ⓘ figure holding a flag near Washington ⓘ heroic stance of George Washington ⓘ ice floes ⓘ ice-choked Delaware River ⓘ nighttime scene ⓘ rowers of diverse backgrounds ⓘ stormy sky ⓘ
depictsEvent	Battle of Trenton ⓘ surface form: Washington’s crossing of the Delaware
depictsMilitaryUnit	Continental Army ⓘ
depictsPerson	George Washington ⓘ
genre	history painting ⓘ
hasTheme	courage in adversity ⓘ national identity ⓘ revolutionary struggle ⓘ
hasType	large-scale painting ⓘ
iconicStatus	iconic image of American patriotism ⓘ widely reproduced in American culture ⓘ
inception	1851 ⓘ
inspiredBy	Battle of Trenton ⓘ Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
location	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
movement	American Romantic nationalism ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ
narrativeLocation	Delaware River ⓘ between Pennsylvania and New Jersey ⓘ
narrativeTime	night of December 25–26, 1776 ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Emanuel Leutze ⓘ
subjectHeading	American patriotism ⓘ American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: Revolutionary War heroism ⓘ leadership ⓘ
support	canvas ⓘ

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Metropolitan Museum of Art → notableWorkHeld → Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze ⓘ

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze → inspiredBy → Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Crossing the Delaware (Leutze)

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

Daughters of Revolution → inspiredBy → Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware

George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on December 25–26, 1776 → depictedIn → Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze ⓘ

this entity surface form: painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Leutze