Siege of Yorktown
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The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, took place in 1781 and was the final major land engagement of the American Revolutionary War. It was won deci
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis John Trumbull, 1820
Siège de Yorktown, a c. 1836 painting by Auguste Couder Rochambeau (center, gesturing), Washington (center R), Marquis de La Fayette (behind Washington, R), Marquis de Saint Simon (behind Washington, L), Duke of Lauzun (L, mounted) and Comte de Ménonville (R of Washington).
Vallière 4-pounder, French Grand Battery, Yorktown, Virginia
Washington firing the first gun
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
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Surrender of Lord Cornwallis is an oil-on-canvas painting by John Trumbull. Completed in 1820, the painting now hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Self-portrait of Trumbull
A key prepared by Trumbull identifying the French and American officers in the painting
Another key to the painting