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Washington at the Delaware, by Edward Hicks.
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The moon hides behind dark night clouds as Washington sits astride a beautiful white horse. One soldier in a tan coat readies himself to mount his brown horse, as others fade into the right background. To the left one can see the river

Credit: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Va.

This painting depicts Washington at the famous crossing of the Delaware River by his troops on Christmas night, 1776.

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