Which US President is depicted crossing the Delaware River in the 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze?
Washington Crossing the Delaware David Shulman. It refers to the scene in the painting, and is a 14-line rhyming sonnet of which every line is an anagram of the title. The movie poster of the 2011 film "Winnie the Pooh" features the characters of Winnie and his friends in a honeypot, floating in honey. Tigger is the rower, with Winnie stylized as Washington. Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze. It commemorates General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River with the Continental Army on the night of December
Emanuel Leutze Emanuel Leutze Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816July 18, 1868) was a German American history painter best known for his painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware". He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Leutze was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg, Germany, and was brought to the United States as a child. His parents settled first in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and then at Philadelphia. His early education was good, though not especially in the direction of art. The first development of his artistic talent occurred while he was attending the sickbed of his father, when he attempted drawing to occupy the