English: This is an oil on canvas painting. Washington stands at the apex of a pyramid of figures, on horseback. Bingham portrays Washington and his crew riding on a broad, flat-bottomed raftboat, through icy waters; the boat seems to proceed directly toward the viewer.
Date
between circa 1856 and circa 1871
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1856-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1871-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Collection of the Artist; Artist's estate sale, 1879 (no. 2); Findlay's Art Store, Kansas City, Mo., 1893; Thomas Hoyle Mastin, Kansas City, Mo., and heirs, to Mrs. Thomas E. Keck, Kansas City, Mo.; Butterfield and Butterfield Auctioneers, Seattle, Wash., June 30, 1975 (lot #261); Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, 1976; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1976; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in memory of Walter P. Chrysler, Sr. to The Chrysler Museum, 1983.
Credit line
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Walter P. Chrysler, Sr.
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Captions
An oil painting depicting General George Washington leading his Continental Army across the icy Delaware River on the eve of the Battle of Trenton during the American Revolutionary War.