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Title
Cornwallis resigning his sword to Washington
Names
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845 (Artist)
Archer & Boilly (Engraver)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

American History -- 1780s-1790s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1854
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-178
Topics
Washington, George, 1732-1799
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
United States -- 1700-1799
Campaigns & battles -- Virginia -- Yorktown -- 1780-1789
Surrenders -- British -- Virginia -- Yorktown -- 1780-1789
Soldiers -- Virginia -- Yorktown -- 1780-1789
Genres
Conjectural works
Reproductive prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Vol. 1, page 288."
Source note: History and topography of the United States of North America, brought down from the earliest period. (Boston : Walker, 1853-1856) Hinton, John Howard (1791-1873), Author. Knapp, Samuel L. (Samuel Lorenzo) (1783-1838), Author. Choules, John Overton (1801-1856), Author.
Physical Description
Steel engravings
Foxing on image.
Extent: 1 print : b ; 27 x 20 cm. (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17613346
Barcode: 33333159320510
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c052a230-c530-012f-861d-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1752: Creator Born
  • 1845: Creator Died
  • 1854: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cornwallis resigning his sword to Washington" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1854. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f661-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cornwallis resigning his sword to Washington" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f661-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1854). Cornwallis resigning his sword to Washington Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f661-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Cornwallis resigning his sword to Washington