George Washington at Valley Forge

Henry Merwin Shrady

1905, cast ca. 1906 · Bronze · The American Wing

In “George Washington at Valley Forge” the somber commander-in-chief is depicted mounted on his horse, dressed in a Continental uniform, and enveloped in a heavy cloak during the bleak winter of 1777-78, when his troops were bivouacked at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The heroic-size sculpture on a granite base was unveiled at Brooklyn Plaza of the Williamsburg Bridge (now Continental Army Plaza) on September 29, 1906. The Metropolitan’s statuette is a replica of the maquette that was approved for the monument by the Art Commission of the City of New York in 1905.

Artist

Henry Merwin Shrady

Date

1905, cast ca. 1906

Medium

Bronze

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund and Charles and Anita Blatt Gift, 1974