Washington Crossing the Delaware: The History and Art Behind the Painting

Washington Crossing the Delaware, the huge iconic painting depicting the pivotal moment that breathed new life into the Patriot cause on Christmas night, 1776, was revered as a symbol of American freedom and then vilified as a cliché filled with historical errors. Join Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan via Zoom on Thursday evening, January 22nd as she relates the truth about that fateful night and the following day, when General George Washington and his rag-tag army defeated the Hessians, rented by King George III, at Trenton, NJ.  An independent historian and a docent at the museum that owns the painting, Elizabeth will analyze Emanuel Leutze’s celebrated work for its accuracies and for its poetic license.