Washington Crossing the Delaware

Currier & Ives

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Currier & Ives (American). Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1876. Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper, Sheet: 10 7/16 x 14 3/8 in. (26.5 x 36.5 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (21 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harry Elbaum in honor of Daniel Brown, art critic, 1991.285.8. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Date

1876

Medium

Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 10 7/16 x 14 3/8 in. (26.5 x 36.5 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (21 x 32 cm)

Signatures

Signed, lower center, printed: "Lith. & Pub. by Nathaniel Currier, 2 Spruce St. N.Y.".

Inscriptions

Inscribed, lower center, printed: "WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE. / EVENING PREVIOUS TO THE BATTLE OF TRENTON, DEC. 25TH. 1776 / Lith. & Pub. by Nathaniel Currier, 2 Spruce St. N.Y.".

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Harry Elbaum in honor of Daniel Brown, art critic

Accession Number

1991.285.8

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