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This is more like it. we know washington crossed at night in snow and rain. artists researched the history, spoke with historians and began sketching. >> now you are beginning to see a flat boat with george washington centered and higher up than everyone. >> reporter: the famous version was painted by an artist 75 years after the crossing. it is 21-feet wide. he charged admission to see it. he gave the public what they wanted. the general most likely crossed on an existing cable-guided ferry with fold-up ramps on each end to take on horses and wagons. true to both art and history, he kept wash...

-- an underneath light from a lantern is to hold the flashlight like that get an angle on it. >> reporter: he said washington looked like the older president washington. he painted him at 44, his age that night. and then, there is the ice. it's very unlikely there were chunks. >> reporter: he had what we would call miniature icebergs. and river ice, when a river freezes over, sheets of ice form. i studied ice. i also worked with photographs of the delaware when it's iced up. that was a big challenge actually. just figuring out lighting effects of the reflection on the ice from torches. >> repo...

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