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1860 Surrender of Cornwallis at York Town - Chapin / Hinshalwood
1860 Surrender of Cornwallis at York Town - Chapin / Hinshalwood
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1860 Surrender of Cornwallis at York Town
- Original print
On October 19, 1781,
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000
men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of
winning the Revolutionary War. ... Hours after the surrender, the
general's defeated troops marched out of Yorktown to the tune “The World
Turned Upside Down.
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000
men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of
winning the Revolutionary War. ... Hours after the surrender, the
general's defeated troops marched out of Yorktown to the tune “The World
Turned Upside Down.
Original engraving from Life of Washington, a Biography Personal, Military and Political by Benson J. Lossing, 1860.
On heavy paper - blank on verso.
Overall size : 10 x 7 inches.
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Inscriptions
Recto:
l.c.: SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS AT YORK TOWN.
l.l.: Chapin.
l.c.: New York, Virtue & Emmins.
l.r.: Hinshalwood
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