Likthograph; 33.1 x 42.9 cm.; Hand-colored lithograph showing Lord Cornwallis surrendering to George Washington at Yorktown on 19 October 1781. Several other American and British military leaders also appear. Names printed under lithrograph read: "Kosciuzko," "Steuben," "Laurens," "Hamilton," "Lincoln," "Knox," "Lafeyette," "Wayne," "Washington," "Cornwallis," "Tarleton," "Knyphausen," "Chewton," "Rawdon," and "O'hara." James S. Baillie was a lithographer active in New York City from 1838-1855. The War for Independence ends here with 7000 British and Hessian soldiers taken captive. A little fa...
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