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.
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
Self-portrait of Trumbull
A key prepared by Trumbull identifying the French and American officers in the painting
Another key to the painting
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and United Kingdom, he is best known as one of the lead
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
…hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts the surrender of the British army under Lieutenant-general Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia on October 19, 1781, which ended the siege of Yorktown. The Franco-American victory at the siege guaranteed American independence…
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Surrender of Cornwallis. At York-town, VA Oct. 1781 by Nathaniel Currier (D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts)