File:Washington Crossing the Delaware 1856-71 George Caleb Bingham.jpg

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Summary

George Caleb Bingham: English: Washington Crossing the Delawar (

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Artist



Alternative names	G. C. Bingham; George Bingham
Description	American painter, university teacher, politician, graphic artist and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death	20 March 1811	7 July 1879
Location of birth/death	Charlottesville (Virginia)	Kansas City (Missouri)
Work location	Columbia, New York, Kansas City, Düsseldorf
Authority file	: Q598030 VIAF: 49496933 ISNI: 0000000081283102 ULAN: 500028547 LCCN: n50009372 NLA: 35018707 WorldCat

Title

English: Washington Crossing the Delawar

Object type

painting

Description

English: This is an oil on canvas painting. Washington stands at the apex of a pyramid of figures, on horseback. Bingham portrays Washington and his crew riding on a broad, flat-bottomed raftboat, through icy waters; the boat seems to proceed directly toward the viewer.

Date

between circa 1856 and circa 1871

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 93 cm (36.6 in); width: 146.1 cm (57.5 in) Frame: 121.9 × 175.6 × 14 cm (47.9 × 69.1 × 5.5 in)

Collection

Chrysler Museum of Art

	Native name	Chrysler Museum of Art
	Location	Norfolk
	Coordinates	36° 51′ 25.2″ N, 76° 17′ 32.64″ W
	Established	1933
	Website	www.chrysler.org
	Authority file	: Q5114675 VIAF: 121789148 ISNI: 0000000121495696 LCCN: n79110438 GND: 5009068-9 SUDOC: 026515369 WorldCat

Accession number

Object Number 83.589

Object history

Collection of the Artist; Artist's estate sale, 1879 (no. 2); Findlay's Art Store, Kansas City, Mo., 1893; Thomas Hoyle Mastin, Kansas City, Mo., and heirs, to Mrs. Thomas E. Keck, Kansas City, Mo.; Butterfield and Butterfield Auctioneers, Seattle, Wash., June 30, 1975 (lot #261); Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, 1976; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1976; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in memory of Walter P. Chrysler, Sr. to The Chrysler Museum, 1983.

Credit line

Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Walter P. Chrysler, Sr.

Source/Photographer

http://www.chrysler.org/education/unit1/bingham.htm

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