Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, Va. Oct. 19th 1781
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Item data
Title
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, Va. Oct. 19th 1781
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1780s-1790s
Names
Hinman, David C. (Engraver)
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1844
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-178
Subjects
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781
United States -- 1700-1799
Campaigns & battles -- Virginia -- Yorktown -- 1780-1789
Surrenders -- British -- Virginia -- Yorktown -- 1780-1789
Soldiers -- Virginia -- Yorktown -- 1780-1789
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: "Engd. by D.C. Hinman from the original painting by Col. Trumbull in the gallery at Yale College." "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1844 by D.C. Hinman in the clerk's office of the distt. of Conn."--printed on border.
Content: "French officers ; Each figure is accurately copied from the original portrait ; American officers." "No. 1. Gen. Lincoln ; 2. Gen. O'Hara, representative of Cornwallis ; 3. Washington ; 4. Gen. Knox ; 5. Baron Steuben ; 6. Count Rochambeau ; 7. Duke de Lauzun."--printed on border.
Physical Description
Stipple engravings
Engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 12 x 16 cm. (4 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613346
Barcode: 33333159314380
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e4cfbad0-c530-012f-419c-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1844
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, Va. Oct. 19th 1781" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4cfbad0-c530-012f-419c-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1844). Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, Va. Oct. 19th 1781 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4cfbad0-c530-012f-419c-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, Va. Oct. 19th 1781" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4cfbad0-c530-012f-419c-58d385a7bc34
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