Washington Crossing the Delaware
Date1832-1835
Engraver
John Baker
(American, active 1832 - 1835)
Publisher
Humphrey Phelps
(American, 1799 - 1875)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Made -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, etching, stipple engraving.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 18 1/4 in. x 15 1/2 in. (46.36 cm x 39.37 cm)
Plate (H x W): 17 7/8 in. x 14 in. (45.4 cm x 35.56 cm)
Image (H x W): 15 in. x 12 1/4 in. (38.1 cm x 31.12)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-18
DescriptionEquestrian military portrait of George Washington astride a rearing horse with his left hand on the reins and a telescope in his right. The scene is set at the edge of the Delaware River. In the background near the upper-right corner of the image there are marching soldiers and in the bottom-right are soldiers boarding boats and rowing across the river. Behind washington are hills with bare trees. The horse has an ornate set of battle tack with a 'W' emblazoned and an eagle with lightning bolts in it's talons.Published ReferencesCharles Henry Hart, and Samuel Arlent Edwards, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington (New York: Grolier Club of the City of New York, 1904), 320.
William Spohn Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880), 194.
MarkingsPrinted directly below image in block script: " Entered according to Act of Congress by H. Phelps, in the Office of the Clerk of the Dist. Ct. of the U.S. for the Southern Dist. of N.Y.".
Printed at the bottom of the sheet centered in block script: "Washington Crossing the Delaware.".
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c. 1850-1865
c. 1820-1825
