The Art, Imagery and Parody of the Ten Crucial Days

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The Art of the Ten Crucial Days

"Winds of Change" Trompe l'oeil. by Lllia Barger, Mural at 23 S Warren St., Trenton.
"Retreat Through the Jersies" Howard Pyle, 1898
"Prelude to the Crossing" by John Phillip Osborne
"Onward to Trenton" by John Phillip Osborne
Peter Fiore 1934
"The Crossing" by John Phillip Osborne
Peter Fiore 1934
Harrington G. Fitzgerald, c1876 , Museum of the American Revolution
Thomas Sully, Passage of the Delaware, 1819, Boston Museum of Finae Arts
Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1816–1868 1851, Oil on canvas Dimensions: 149 x 255 in. Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897 (Click on the image for an article about this painting)
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze 1851
Washington Crosses the Delaware, Karl J. Mueller Studios, 1997, Mount Veron Ladies Association
William Lloyd Garrison
Washington’s Crossing at McKonkey’s Ferry, by Mort Künstler, 2011 (click on the image for the article about thie painting)
Thomas Sully
Don Troiani
Pamala White - Hessians
‘After the Crossing,, by Illia Barger,, 25' x 15' on at 111 East Hanover Street.
Wright Map Trenton
Battle of Trenton 1976, Hugh Charles McBarron
Battle of Trenton at the Old Barracks - Davis Grey (1970) Historical Note: The Hessian Regiments were not garrisoned at the Barracks. The Barracks housed camp followers and loyalists.
Don Troiani
Battle of Assunpink Creek, Graham Turner
Assunpink Creek George Bradshaw, c1925, Trenton Historical Society
19th Century woodcut of the battle at Assunpink Creek
19th Century woodcut of the campfires on Mill Hill.
John White - Princeton 1777
British Genadiers at Princeton, Arthur Lefferts
Mawhood's Regiment in reverse march past Worth's Mill back to Princeton January 3, 1777 cir 0745 - Davis Grey (1970)
British 17th Reg of Foot Bayonet Charge at Princeton Battlefield
Battle of Princeton, John Hawkes
James Peale, American, 1749 - 1831. The Battle of Princeton, ca. 1782. Oil on canvas. Princeton University, gift of Dean Mathey, Class of 1912, in 1951
American Battlefield Trust Princeton
Battle of Princeton, Frederick Coffey Yohn
The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, by Jonathan Trumbull, January 3, 1777 ca. 1789–ca. 1831 Oil on canvas 21 × 30 3/4 in. (53.3 × 78.1 cm) Trumbull Collection, Yale University Art Museum
Don Troiani
Williams Lloyd Garrison
Washington Rallys the Troops at Princeton, William Tylee Ranney
Battle of Princeton, 19th Century Print
Washington at Princeton, Alonzo Chapell
Surrender at Nassau Hall, January 3, 1777 0900 - Davis Grey (1970)
George Washington after the Battle of Princeton by Oil on canvas, 1779–82, 244.2 x 156 cm, Princeton University, bequest of Charles A. Munn, Class of 1881
George Washington at the Battle of Princeton, by Charles Willson Peale, Oil on canvas 1783–84, 237 x 145 cm. Princeton University, commissioned by the Trustees.
Council of War at Kingston, January 3, 1777, cir noon - Davis Grey (1970)
Washington's Army in Somerset Courthouse, January 5, 1777 - Davis Grey (1970)
Battle of Princeton near the Thomas Clarke House, January 3, 1777
Davis Grey 1970 Burning of Somerset Courthouse 1779

The Statues of the Ten Crucial Days

Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor's Center
Washington Crossing Inn
At the Museum of the American Revolution
Trenton Battle Monument, John H. Duncan, 1893
Trenton Battle Monument Base
Private John Russell, Glover's Marbleheaders, William O'Donovan, 1983
Private Blair McClenachan, First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, Williams O'Dovovan, 1983
Thomas Eakins, West side of the Trenton Battle Monument
Thomas Eakins, East side of the Trenton Battle Monument
Thomas Eakins, South side of the Trenton Battle Monumnet
Washington atop Trenton Battle Monument
View from atop Trenton Battle Monument, 2007
Mahlon Dickerson Eyre c1876 - Montgomery Plaza at Mill Hill, Trenton 1876
Henry Hall, Princeton University
Henry Hall, Princeton University
Princeton Battle Monument, Frederick MacMonnies, 1922
Princeton Battle Monument, Frederick MacMonnies, 1922
Prindeton Battlefield Colonnade Thomas Ustick Walter 1836
John Witherspoon, Alexander Stoddard, 2001
John Witherspoon, Alexander Stoddard, 2001

Book Cover Art of the Ten Crucial Days

The Mimic and Parody of Leutze's Iconic Painting

In this section are works of serious art, interpretation, and outright parody.  Many are commercial renditions that are inspired by Emmanuel Leutze's iconic 1851 painting. These are posted for educational purposes, not for resale, without expressed permission from the copyright holder. 

Daughters of the American Revolution, by Grant Wood, 1932, Cincinnati Art Museum
Roy Lichtenstein, c.-1951.-Oil on canvas 24 x 18
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000). Struggle Series—No. 10: Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1954. Egg tempera on hardboard, 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2003 (2003.414). ©2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Painting in Japanese style showing boat crossing river, all the passengers are Asian and one (Shimimora) is dressed as George Washington Shimomura Crossing the Delaware by Roger Shimomura / Acrylic on canvas, 2010 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Gift of Raymond L. Ocampo Jr., Sandra Oleksy Ocampo, and Robert P. Ocampo
Peter Saul, 1975.l Oil on canvas 89 X 150 1/2 IN
Kent Monkman, Resurgence of the People, 2019 Acrylic on canvas, 335.3 x 670.6 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Robert Colescott (American, 1925–2009). George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook, 1975. Acrylic on canvas. Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles,
Walker Kara, 2017
David Gilhooly 1943-2013
Kate Sands, Illustrator, Copyright © 2022 Tara Ross
Sesame Street Calendar
Klingons Cross the Delaware