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- GLC#
- GLC08878.1309-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1819
- Author/Creator
- Renault, John Francis, fl. 1804
- Title
- The British surrendering their arms to Gen, Washington after their defeat at Yorktown Virginia October 1781
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 print : b&w
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
One engraving entitled The British surrendering their arms to Gen, Washington after their defeat at Yorktown Virginia October 1781 dated circa 1819. Features British officers on the right, with Cornwallis presenting his sword, and French and American officers, center and left, with George Washington holding his hat in his left hand. Officers identified, from left: "Lincoln, Rochambeau, Washington, Knox, De Lauzen, La Fayette, Tarleton, Cornwallis, Abercrombie, Chewton." Allegorical scene on the right, behind the British, showing discord, a female figure, wearing liberty cap and floating on clouds, sends lightning bolts to up-end people and a chariot; on the left, behind American and French officers, prosperity stands next to cornucopia, with Justice and others in attendance, next to a tall pillar topped with Liberty holding staff with liberty cap.
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