Emanuel Leutze

Emanuel Leutze is a nineteenth-century painter and draughtsman best known for grand historical scenes, above all Washington Crossing the Delaware, alongside portraits and quieter genre subjects such as The Last Drop and The Soldier's Farewell. His hand moves easily between brush and pen: finished canvases in oil share space with rapid graphite studies and ink drawings on letterpress paper, several of them contributed to the McGuire Scrapbook. This archive gathers nine of his works, spanning sheets dated 1839 to 1859, with oil on canvas the most frequent medium and the rest given to graphite, iron gall ink, and pen-and-ink sketches.

9 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Girl with Rabbit (from McGuire Scrapbook)

· Graphite on off-white Bristol board

The Last Drop (from McGuire Scrapbook)

· Iron gall ink and graphite on thin green wove letterpress paper

Sketch for a Life Saving Medal (from McGuire Scrapbook)

· Pen, ink, and graphite on thin off-white laid letterpress paper

Soldiers Fighting

· Graphite on buff-colored wove paper with gilt edges

Sketches: Cows; Two Female Portraits, One Crossed Out (from McGuire Scrapbook)

· Graphite, partially effaced with iron-gall ink, on off-white Bristol board

Washington Crossing the Delaware

1851 · Oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge

1856 · Oil on canvas

The Soldier's Farewell (from McGuire Scrapbook)

1859 · Ink and graphite on thin off-white laid letterpress paper

Portrait of a Gentleman (ca. 1839)

ca. 1839 · Watercolor on ivory