Educational Media Awareness Campaign/History/POTD 7


Washington Crossing the Delaware
This painting is an example of the genre of history painting. It shows George Washington crossing the Delaware River in 1776. History painting was a major movement in art from the 17th to 19th centuries. As the paintings are now in the public domain, copies of them are ideal for inclusion in educational history resources. Click on the image for a full size version which you can freely re-use and modify. Print it and use it for your lessons, integrate it into your pages on Wikiversity, or use it in other learning resources and websites. Use the links below to find more images like this one.

History paintings - Images of the American Revolution
The Wikimedia Atlas of World History
Images relating to the history of the United States
History images in general


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