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Washington Crossing the Delaware, Leutze painting reproduction, 1776

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PatrioticShips & Boats
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Lithograph
Front of Washington Crossing the Delaware, Leutze painting reproduction, 1776, Mike Roberts, CA, USA, lithograph postcard
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Back of Washington Crossing the Delaware, Leutze painting reproduction, 1776, Mike Roberts, CA, USA, lithograph postcard
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Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware shows George Washington standing in a crowded rowboat, surrounded by Continental soldiers and oarsmen, with an American flag flying behind him. The boat pushes through ice-choked water toward a snow-covered bank, and distant troops with horses fill the background. Leutze painted the scene in 1851 as a romanticized image of the December 1776 crossing. The caption pairs the image with Thomas Paine's line from The American Crisis: "These are the times that try men's souls."

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PublisherK. F. Lutz
WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE 1776 Painting by Emanuel Leutze. Reproduction by courtesy of the American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia. "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."—Thomas Paine.
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PublisherK. F. Lutz
SeriesWC-1
ConditionGood
Place mentionedMike Roberts, Berkeley, CA
Place mentionedPhiladelphia, PA
PublisherPhiladelphia, PA
NotesNo printed text on front; small blemish/spot near top center; image is a full-bleed art reproduction with no white border. Caption, Mike Roberts 'Natural Color' Berkeley 2, Calif. imprint, co-publisher line 'Original Color Photographs by and Published by K. F. Lutz, 537 So. 49th St., Philadelphia 43, Pa.', and series number WC-1 all printed on back; no postmark, stamp, address, or message. Glossy chrome-era card; Berkeley zone number dates it to the 1943-1963 era. Pencil dealer marks '#59' and '1-' at lower right of back. No dividing line on back.

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Washington Crossing the Delaware, Leutze painting reproduction, 1776, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/washington-crossing-the-delaware-leutze-painting-reproductio. Accessed November 2, 2026.