Surrender of Cornwallis – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Surrender of Cornwallis. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Surrender of Cornwallis
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The British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781, effectively ended the major land fighting of the Revolutionary War, and this print shows that moment. Lord Cornwallis stayed behind his lines and sent a subordinate to offer his sword, a snub that became part of the event's lore. Images of the surrender circulated widely in the nineteenth century, when Revolutionary subjects were popular with engravers and a growing public. The record notes a Copyright Office entry and a date of about 1845, though the attribution to Baillie is unverified.
| Created / published | c1845 Dec. 31. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | 215 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,100 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112334 |
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