Panel 10

We crossed the River at McKonkey’s Ferry 9 miles above Trenton . . . the night was excessively severe . . . which the men bore without the least murmur . . .—Tench Tilghman, 27 December 1776, Panel 10, 1954, Inscription: No 8 THE RIVER, Jacob Lawrence, from Struggle: From the History of the American People, 1954–56, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2003.414, © 2019 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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One of the most enduring symbols of the American Revolution is Washington crossing the Delaware. In 1851, German-American artist Emanuel Leutze painted a monumental version of the event to evoke strong feelings of drama and heroism inspired by the act of one man: George Washington. By contrast, Lawrence focused intently on the many anonymous soldiers who braved the frigid crossing in advance of battle.

Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897, 97.34
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