Surrender of Cornwallis
Surrender of Cornwallis
- Description (Brief)
- Colored print of Cornwallis handing his sword to Washington. The American troops stand on the left, the British on the right. The French fleet and the wall of the fort at Yorktown are in the background. In the right foreground are a cannon and a drum.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1845
- depicted
- Washington, George
- Cornwallis, Charles
- maker
- Baillie, James S.
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- depicted
- United States: Virginia, Yorktown
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 8 1/2 in x 12 in; 21.59 cm x 30.48 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.2534
- catalog number
- 60.2534
- accession number
- 228146
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- subject
- Revolutionary War
- Diplomacy
- Chronology: 1840-1849
- Uniforms, Military
- Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
- related event
- Seige and Surrender of British Forces at Yorktown, Virginia
- American Revolution
- Surrender at Yorktown
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- Art
- Peters Prints
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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