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Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781 – Vintage Print

Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781, New York : Published by N. Currier, c1845. — antique lithograph
Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781, New York : Published by N. Currier, c1845.. Antique lithograph from the Revolutionary War collection.

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The surrender at Yorktown in October 1781 effectively ended major fighting in the Revolution, as British forces under Lord Cornwallis laid down their arms after a siege by Washington's Continental Army and French allies. Cornwallis did not attend the ceremony himself, sending Brigadier General Charles O'Hara in his place, a gesture that added to the day's drama. Nathaniel Currier issued this hand-colored lithograph around 1845, when Revolutionary subjects appealed to buyers who wanted patriotic scenes for their homes.

Created / publishedNew York : Published by N. Currier, c1845.
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
GenreLithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6369
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,201 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175145

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