George Washington before the Battle of Trenton

John Trumbull

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a man in a black and yellow military uniform. He has white hair and stands with his right arm extended and left hand on his hip. A sword hangs at his left side. He wears tall black boots. A brown horse with a saddle and bridle stands behind him on the left. A young man in a military uniform sits on a low wall behind the horse, looking up at the man. The background shows a dark and cloudy sky with a bare tree on the right. The man in front wears a black coat with gold epaulets and buttons, and a yellow waistcoat and breeches.