EMANUEL LEUTZE (1816-1868)

Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868)
Washington Crossing the Delaware
signed ‘E. Leutze’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
40 x 68 in. (101.6 x 172.7 cm.)
Painted in 1851.

Provenance
Goupil, Vibert & Company, New York, commissioned from the artist, until 1858.
Alexander White, (probably) acquired from the above, by 1859.
Sale: Henry Leeds and Co., New York, 22 May 1863, sold by the above.
William H. Webb, New York, acquired from the above.
Sale: H.D. Miner's Art Gallery, New York, First Evening's Sale, A Very Fine Assemblage of Works of Art; Comprising the Private Gallery of Paintings, Statuary, Bronzes and Art Library of Mr. Wm. H. Webb, 29-30 March 1876, lot 65, sold by the above.
Stephen R. Lesher, New York, (probably) acquired from the above.
Arthur Lawrence Lesher, New York, by descent, 1895.
Mrs. Arthur Lawrence Lesher, New York, by descent, 1931.
Mrs. Dewey Everett, New York, by descent, 1946.
Mr. Francis Dewey Everett, Jr., New York, by descent, 1953.
Ambassador and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II, New York, acquired from the above, 1967.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 25 October 1973, lot 13, sold by the above (as Eastman Johnson, after Emanuel Leutze).
Duane Hillmer, Omaha, Nebraska, acquired from the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 20 April 1979, lot 28, sold by the above (as Eastman Johnson, after Emanuel Leutze).
Manoogian Collection, Taylor, Michigan, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2014.