Centennial of Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, Virginia [engraving]

Centennial of Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, Virginia [engraving]

[New York] October 22, 1881

1 print : on sheet 39 x 53 cm. ; matted 62 x 66 cm.

P&E L1985.95f

A series of wood engravings celebrating the 100th anniversary of Battle of Yorktown. Across the top is a view of the encampment on the battlefield looking toward the bay, with numerical identification of Gloucester Point, the town of Yorktown, and the Moore House. In the center is a scene of "the death of Major Scammell" with portraits of "Rochambeau" on the left and "Cornwallis" on the right. Around the outer margins and across the bottom are a series of smaller engravings (from l. to r.) "Nelson house under fire"; "blindfolding British officer"; "view of Yorktown from Gloucester Point"; "porch of the Moore house"; and "surrendering the standards"
This is the centerfold page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 22, 1881, p. 128-129.
Print removed from its frame to be preserved in the vault.

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