Keywords: Washington Crossing the Delaware 1856-71 George Caleb Bingham.jpg artwork en Washington Crossing the Delaware http //www chrysler org/education/unit1/bingham htm ca 1856 1871 creator George Caleb Bingham cm 93 146 1 Frame cm 121 9 175 6 14 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 institution Chrysler Museum of Art 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 accession number Object Number 83 589 credit line Gift of Walter P Chrysler Jr in honor of Walter P Chrysler Sr PD-old-100 George Caleb Bingham Paintings in the Chrysler Museum of Art Washington's crossing of the Delaware River Paintings of battles of the American Revolutionary War American Revolutionary War in art Flatboats 1850s oil on canvas paintings in the United States People with boats in art 1860s oil on canvas paintings in the United States 1870s oil on canvas paintings in the United States |