The Michener Museum of Art in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, has hosted a exhibition titled "The Crossing: Picturing the American Revolution" which deconstructs the historic crossing of the Delaware River 250 years ago. The exhibition includes 21 depictions of the maneuver, from folk artist Edward Hicks' 1819 to Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's 2023 sculpture of toy bricks. The most iconic image of Washington crossing the Delaware is a painting by Emanuel Leutze in 1851, which has not moved from its home at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York in over 60 years. Some artists attempted to depict the crossing as accurately as possible, with Bucks County artist Robert Beck's "Second Crossing" painting showing blind struggle more than heroism. The museum's curator, Laura Turner Igoe, said the museum wanted to offer a historical perspective on the event.