i talked about howard pyle, the great illustrator of the genre style. this is george washington crossing the delaware river at trenton where he was received to be inaugurated in 1789. it is painted in 1830. why is this a genre painting -- why is this a genre painting? this painting is not really about washington, is it? if you look close, you can see the mostly needed, personalized portraits are not of washington at all. it is of a young woman throwing petals at his feet. this is really a portrait of a young woman captured and history. while he was painting this for a bank in trenton, he took a spill from the scaffolding, had a near-death experience, and during the experience he dreamt that he met george washington, and so he recorded it in in a painting called "in a dream i meet george washington." the guy he says is george washington is just some generic revolutionary war figure. we know he is george washington because of course he is on a horse. so he has got to be george washington, so that is why he used this painting to help me make the transition