Washington Crossing Revolutionary War Table
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Emanuel Leutze (German American) 1851. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 760.
Leutze's depiction of Washington's attack on the Hessians at Trenton on December 25, 1776, was a great success in America and in Germany. Leutze began his first version of this subject in 1849. It was damaged in his studio by fire in 1850 and, although restored and acquired by the Bremen Kunsthalle, was again destroyed in a bombing raid in 1942. In 1850, Leutze began this version of the subject, which was placed on exhibition in New York during October of 1851. At this showing Marshall O. Roberts bought the canvas for the then-enormous sum of $10,000. In 1853, M. Knoedler published an engraving of it.
Many studies for the painting exist, as do copies by other artists
Leutze's depiction of Washington's attack on the Hessians at Trenton on December 25, 1776, was a great success in America and in Germany. Leutze began his first version of this subject in 1849. It was damaged in his studio by fire in 1850 and, although restored and acquired by the Bremen Kunsthalle, was again destroyed in a bombing raid in 1942. In 1850, Leutze began this version of the subject, which was placed on exhibition in New York during October of 1851. At this showing Marshall O. Roberts bought the canvas for the then-enormous sum of $10,000. In 1853, M. Knoedler published an engraving of it.
Many studies for the painting exist, as do copies by other artists
The Washington Crossing American Revolution Round Table was founded in 2004 by Joseph F. Seliga.
It is sponsored by The Swan Historical Foundation, Inc.
It is sponsored by The Swan Historical Foundation, Inc.
March - June
September - December
2nd Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:00 PM
We anticipate meetings will take place:
Visitors Center at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville, New Jersey
In the event a meeting is held via Zoom, please send an email to:
wcroundtable@gmail.com
September - December
2nd Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:00 PM
We anticipate meetings will take place:
Visitors Center at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville, New Jersey
In the event a meeting is held via Zoom, please send an email to:
wcroundtable@gmail.com
Schedule: 2023
Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 7:30 PM via Zoom
The Service of HMS Roebuck, led by Robert N. Fanelli
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 7:30 PM via Zoom
The Battle of Germantown, led by Michael C. Harris
September 17, 2023, 1:00 PM, at Morven Museum and Garden, Princeton, New Jersey
Annis Boudinot Stockton, led by Joseph E. Wroblewski
December 12, 2023, 7:30 PM via Zoom
Dr. Benjamin Rush, led by Steve Yacik
March 12, 2024, 7:30 PM via Zoom
Washington’s Lieutenants, led by William Welsch
The Service of HMS Roebuck, led by Robert N. Fanelli
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 7:30 PM via Zoom
The Battle of Germantown, led by Michael C. Harris
September 17, 2023, 1:00 PM, at Morven Museum and Garden, Princeton, New Jersey
Annis Boudinot Stockton, led by Joseph E. Wroblewski
December 12, 2023, 7:30 PM via Zoom
Dr. Benjamin Rush, led by Steve Yacik
March 12, 2024, 7:30 PM via Zoom
Washington’s Lieutenants, led by William Welsch
If you would like to join our mailing list and receive a link to these Zoom meetings, please send us an email: wcroundtable@gmail.com
Zoom meetings will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.
Zoom meetings will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.
Check out our YouTube channel for links to our recent talks:
PAST TOPICS
Links to the recordings of recent meetings are included below
• First Battle of Trenton - Clay Craighead
• Revolutionary War Riflemen - Stanley Saperstein
• Religions & Civil Affairs of the Revolution - Robert Craig and Stephanie Stephens
• Blacks in the Rebel Army - Frederic Minus
• The Battle of Princeton - Jerald Hurwitz
• Foraging & Skirmishing Around Philadelphia, 1777-1778 - Robert N. Fanelli
• Iron Works & Forges - Edward Wimble
• Molly Pitcher - Fact or Fiction? - Dr. David Martin
• Uniforms, Accoutrements, & Weapons - Jerald Hurwitz
• Artificers - Stanley Saperstein
• Haym Salomon - William Agress
• Struggle for the Delaware River - Edward Greenawald
• Topography in 1776-177- Stephanie Stephens
• Timothy Murphy - Stanley Saperstein
• The Whitemarsh Campaign - Robert N. Fanelli
• Revolution in the New Jersey Pines - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• Washington & His Lieutenants - Jay Jorgenson
• Waiting at the Crossroads of Bucks County - Edward Greenawald
• Major Patrick Ferguson - Andrew A. Zellers-Frederick
• Casimir Pulaski - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• The Oneida Indians - Joseph F. Seliga
• Captain Allan McLane - Stanley Saperstein
• The Marbleheaders - Robert Scordia
• General Thaddeus Kosciuszko - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• Courts Martial: American and British - Robert N. Fanelli
• The New Jersey Militia - Glenn Valis
• Mutinies of the American Revolution - John A. Nagy
• William Maxwell & the New Jersey Brigade - Jay Jorgensen
• The Queen's Rangers - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• George Washington as a Strategist - Edward Greenawald
• Randolph Brothers of Monmouth County - John Fabiano
• Washington's Lifeguards & von Heer's Provost Marshals - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• Princeton Battlefield Archeology - Jerald Hurwitz
• Fort Mercer - Robert N. Fanelli
• Masonry During the War - Joseph F. Seliga
• Local Origins of the Molly Pitcher Legend - John Fabiano
• New Jersey Loyalists - Todd Braistead
• Whale Boat Privateers William Mariner and Adam Hyler - Stanley Saperstein
• Researching the Hunterdon County Militia - Larry Kidder
• Fort Griswold-Sept 1781-Raid on New London - Jerald Hurwitz
• Voices of 1778 - The American Army in Hunterdon County: Prelude to the Battle of Monmouth- David Blackwell
• War at the Shore - Timothy Hart
• Battle of Valcour Island - Larry Kidder
• Guided Tour of Valley Forge - Edward Wimble
• Major General William Howe and His Staff - Robert N. Fanelli
• Guided Tour of Monmouth Battlefield - Dr. David Martin
• George Washington & Slavery - Edward Greenawald
• The Pennsylvania Riflemen - Robert N. Fanelli
• The Swan Foundation Collection - Clay Craighead
• Burr and Hamilton at Monmouth - Dr. David Martin
• Up With Huddy - John Fabiano
• Elias Boudinot IV: The Continental Army’s First Commissary General of Prisoners - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• Washington's Campaign Families - Edward Greenawald
• The Dark Days of the American Revolution - Sam Davis
• The Start of the Military Industrial Complex - Stanley Saperstein
• Political and Military Strategy during the American Revolution - Robert N. Fanelli
• When France Saved America - Joseph F. Seliga
• War at the Shore: The Pine Robber Phenomenon - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• The Battle of Edge Hill, December 7, 1777 - Robert N. Fanelli
• Joseph Reed, George Washington’s First Military Secretary - John Fabiano
• Joseph Perkin: A Gunsmith, A Complete Artist - Matthew Skic
• Logistics for the Main Continental Army: An Overview circa 1777 - Edward Greenawald
•Remember Paoli! - Jim Christ
•The Alamo of the Revolution, Jerald Hurwitz
•Charles Thomson, Secretary to the Continental Congress, Bruce Cooper Gill
•Washington’s Return to New Jersey: The Second Battle of Trenton and March to Princeton, Joseph E. Wroblewski
• First Battle of Trenton - Clay Craighead
• Revolutionary War Riflemen - Stanley Saperstein
• Religions & Civil Affairs of the Revolution - Robert Craig and Stephanie Stephens
• Blacks in the Rebel Army - Frederic Minus
• The Battle of Princeton - Jerald Hurwitz
• Foraging & Skirmishing Around Philadelphia, 1777-1778 - Robert N. Fanelli
• Iron Works & Forges - Edward Wimble
• Molly Pitcher - Fact or Fiction? - Dr. David Martin
• Uniforms, Accoutrements, & Weapons - Jerald Hurwitz
• Artificers - Stanley Saperstein
• Haym Salomon - William Agress
• Struggle for the Delaware River - Edward Greenawald
• Topography in 1776-177- Stephanie Stephens
• Timothy Murphy - Stanley Saperstein
• The Whitemarsh Campaign - Robert N. Fanelli
• Revolution in the New Jersey Pines - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• Washington & His Lieutenants - Jay Jorgenson
• Waiting at the Crossroads of Bucks County - Edward Greenawald
• Major Patrick Ferguson - Andrew A. Zellers-Frederick
• Casimir Pulaski - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• The Oneida Indians - Joseph F. Seliga
• Captain Allan McLane - Stanley Saperstein
• The Marbleheaders - Robert Scordia
• General Thaddeus Kosciuszko - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• Courts Martial: American and British - Robert N. Fanelli
• The New Jersey Militia - Glenn Valis
• Mutinies of the American Revolution - John A. Nagy
• William Maxwell & the New Jersey Brigade - Jay Jorgensen
• The Queen's Rangers - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• George Washington as a Strategist - Edward Greenawald
• Randolph Brothers of Monmouth County - John Fabiano
• Washington's Lifeguards & von Heer's Provost Marshals - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• Princeton Battlefield Archeology - Jerald Hurwitz
• Fort Mercer - Robert N. Fanelli
• Masonry During the War - Joseph F. Seliga
• Local Origins of the Molly Pitcher Legend - John Fabiano
• New Jersey Loyalists - Todd Braistead
• Whale Boat Privateers William Mariner and Adam Hyler - Stanley Saperstein
• Researching the Hunterdon County Militia - Larry Kidder
• Fort Griswold-Sept 1781-Raid on New London - Jerald Hurwitz
• Voices of 1778 - The American Army in Hunterdon County: Prelude to the Battle of Monmouth- David Blackwell
• War at the Shore - Timothy Hart
• Battle of Valcour Island - Larry Kidder
• Guided Tour of Valley Forge - Edward Wimble
• Major General William Howe and His Staff - Robert N. Fanelli
• Guided Tour of Monmouth Battlefield - Dr. David Martin
• George Washington & Slavery - Edward Greenawald
• The Pennsylvania Riflemen - Robert N. Fanelli
• The Swan Foundation Collection - Clay Craighead
• Burr and Hamilton at Monmouth - Dr. David Martin
• Up With Huddy - John Fabiano
• Elias Boudinot IV: The Continental Army’s First Commissary General of Prisoners - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• Washington's Campaign Families - Edward Greenawald
• The Dark Days of the American Revolution - Sam Davis
• The Start of the Military Industrial Complex - Stanley Saperstein
• Political and Military Strategy during the American Revolution - Robert N. Fanelli
• When France Saved America - Joseph F. Seliga
• War at the Shore: The Pine Robber Phenomenon - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• The Battle of Edge Hill, December 7, 1777 - Robert N. Fanelli
• Joseph Reed, George Washington’s First Military Secretary - John Fabiano
• Joseph Perkin: A Gunsmith, A Complete Artist - Matthew Skic
• Logistics for the Main Continental Army: An Overview circa 1777 - Edward Greenawald
•Remember Paoli! - Jim Christ
•The Alamo of the Revolution, Jerald Hurwitz
•Charles Thomson, Secretary to the Continental Congress, Bruce Cooper Gill
•Washington’s Return to New Jersey: The Second Battle of Trenton and March to Princeton, Joseph E. Wroblewski
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Swan Historical Scholarship Fund - Support our fellowship awards through the American Philosophical Society
and the David Library for the American Revolution
Building Fund - Support our exhibits in the new Washington Crossing State Park Visitor's Center, scheduled to open in 2026.
and the David Library for the American Revolution
Building Fund - Support our exhibits in the new Washington Crossing State Park Visitor's Center, scheduled to open in 2026.
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The Swan Historical Foundation, Inc.
to help support our:
Scholarship Fund
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the General Fund to Support Conservation and Acquisitions
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&
the General Fund to Support Conservation and Acquisitions
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