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Title: Cornwallis resigning his sword to Washington.
Image ID: 808879
Image ID 808879
Creators: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist
Archer & Boilly, engraver
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 27 x 20 cm. (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- 1700-1799
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781
Campaigns & Battles -- Virginia -- Yorktown -- 1780-1789
Soldiers -- Virginia -- Yorktown -- 1780-1789
Surrenders -- British -- Virginia -- Yorktown -- 1780-1789
Book Illustrations
Date Depicted: 1781
Notes: Printed on border: "Vol. 1, page 288." Image has foxing.
Date Published: 1854
Barcode Number: 33333159320510
Struc ID: 579410
Source: History and topography of the United States of North America, brought down from the earliest period.   View All images from Source
In Folder: American history -- 1780s-1790s   View All images from Folder

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