| Creator |
Gimbrede, Joseph Napoleon, 1820-, engraver. |
| Contributor |
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872, artist. |
|
Quig, Henry, printer. |
|
Philadelphia Inquirer (Firm), publisher. |
| Title |
Washington crossing the Delaware. Evening previous to the Battle of Trenton Decr. 25th 1776 [graphic] : The annual greeting
of the carriers of the Philadelphia Inquirer to their patrons for 1861 / Painted by T. Sully; engraved by J.N. Gimbrede; H.
Quig, printer.
|
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [Philadelphia Inquirer] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1861 |
| Date |
[1861] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : engraving ; sheet 31 x 36 cm (11.75 x 14 in.) |
| Description |
Commemorative print after Thomas Sully's 1819 painting "Washington's Passage of the Delaware." Depicts General Washington
astride his horse atop the barren bank of the Delaware River. He tips his hat and acknowledges his troops below, who cross
the river by barge. To the left of Washington, white men soldiers move a cannon. In the right are several soldiers on horseback,
including Prince Whipple, enslaved African American man and bodyguard to Washington Aide, General William Whipple.
|
| Notes |
Title based on item. |
|
Original painting in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
For a description of the original painting, see the broadside Passage of the Delaware by Thomas Sully. (LCP sm #Am 1820 Sul,
6658.F).
|
|
Accessioned 1987. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits. |
|
Whipple, Prince, 1750-1796 -- Portraits. |
|
African American men. |
|
African American soldiers. |
|
Barges -- New Jersey -- Trenton. |
|
Cannons -- New Jersey -- Trenton. |
|
Horses -- New Jersey -- Trenton. |
|
Slavery -- New Jersey -- Trenton. |
|
Enslaved persons -- New Jersey -- Trenton. |
|
Soldiers -- American. |
|
Trenton, Battle of, Trenton, N.J., 1776. |
|
Enslaved men -- New Jersey -- Trenton. |
| Geographic subject |
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) |
|
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. |
|
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns. |
|
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Military personnel. |
| Genre |
Carriers' greetings -- 1861. |
|
Engravings -- 1860-1870. |
| Printer |
Philadelphia Inquirer (Firm), publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC - American Revolution [P.9179.9] |
| Accession number |
P.9179.9 |
