{"id":233,"date":"2020-07-20T21:31:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T21:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/?page_id=233"},"modified":"2025-02-28T02:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:25:58","slug":"washington-crossing-the-delaware-1851-by-emanuel-gottlieb-luetze","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/washington-crossing-the-delaware-1851-by-emanuel-gottlieb-luetze\/","title":{"rendered":"<em> Washington Crossing the Delaware <\/em> by Emanuel Gottlieb Luetze (1851)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The famous painting below depicts George Washington crossing the Delaware River in Trenton, New Jersey in December, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. The painting shows large ice floes in the Delaware River, which rarely freezes today.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_235\" style=\"width: 941px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235\" class=\"wp-image-235 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2020\/07\/2020-07-20-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2020\/07\/2020-07-20-1.png 931w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2020\/07\/2020-07-20-1-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2020\/07\/2020-07-20-1-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2020\/07\/2020-07-20-1-624x367.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851) by Emanuel Gottlieb Luezte, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States of America.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>How is this related to climate?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This painting is based on an event that took place during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/the-effects-of-the-little-ice-age\/\">Little Ice Age<\/a>. The ice floes depicted on the Delaware River formed due to an average drop in global temperature during this time<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>References and additional resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prothero, D. R. and Dott, R. H. Evolution of the Earth (8th ed). New York, McGraw-Hill Education, 2010.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to cite this page<\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington Crossing the Delaware by by Emanuel Gottlieb Luetze (1851)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. (2021, June 11. Climate in Global Cultures and Histories: Promoting Climate Literacy Across Disciplines. 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