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Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by German American Artist Emanuel Leutze. It is in commemoration of Washington's crossing of the Delaware on December 25, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey in the Battle of Trenton.
As of 2004, it is part of the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There are many copies of the painting, one of which is in the...
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