Statue of George Washington (Trenton, New Jersey)
| George Washington | |
|---|---|
Washington Crossing the Delaware | |
| Artist | Fratelli Gianfranchi |
| Year | c. 1876 |
| Medium | Carrara marble |
| Subject | George Washington, George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River |
| Dimensions | 4.3 m × 2.3 m × 2.1 m (14 ft × 7.4 ft × 6.9 ft) |
| Location | Mill Hill, Trenton, New Jersey, United States |
| 40°13′6.8″N 74°45′41.2″W / 40.218556°N 74.761444°W | |
George Washington, also known as Washington Crossing the Delaware, is a large 1876 marble statue by the Italian sculptors Fratelli Gianfranchi. The sculpture depicts General George Washington in a pose taken from the 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze. It was owned by the banker Mahlon Dickerson Eyre and displayed at the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia. The statue is currently in the Mill Hill neighborhood of the city of Trenton in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.