This is a copy of an engraving based on a painting by Emmanuel Leutze.
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This is a copy of an engraving based on a painting by Emmanuel Leutze.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Commission of Fine Arts.
National Archives Identifier: 518220
Full Citation: Photograph 66-G-15D(25); Washington Crossing the Delaware. December 1776. Copy from painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1851; 12/1776 (artwork 1851); General Photographic File of the Commission of Fine Arts, ca. 1910 – 1950; Records of the Commission of Fine Arts, Record Group 66; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/washington-crossing-delaware/, January 30, 2026]
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