Engraving

Title:

The British Surrendering Their Arms to General Washington After the Defeat At York Town in Virginia, October 1781

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1995.573.07

Creator:

Renault, John Francis (1746-1823)Artist; Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. (1817-1819)Engraver; Allen, WilliamEngraver

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1819

Description:

Engraving.The British Surrendering Their Arms to General Washington after Their Defeat at Yorktown in Virginia, October 1781, engraved by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. (1817-1819) and William Allen, after John Francis Renault, 1819. Group of men dressed in military uniforms center: Americans to the left, French in the center, and British to the right. George Washington left of center; standing with right hand on hip and left hand extended holding an upturned bicorne hat. Man, De Lauzun, center, dressed in a French military uniform with cape, tall hat, and curved sword with tip resting on the ground. Cornwallis, right of center, takes out sword to surrender; holds bicorne hat at side. Man holding white horse at left. Background left, four classical female figures (Justice, Abundance and Victory) surround a monument with urn at the center flanked by two columns topped with an eagle at left and Liberty at right; names on urn's bell-shaped lid: "MONTGOMERY / FRANKLIN / WARREN / MERCER / LAURENS / GREEN / HANCOCK / SULLIVAN / PUTNAM / WOOSTER / SCHAMMEL / LEE / POOR / BARBER / ADAMS"; child as young America stands in front of monument holding a paper that reads "American / Constitution". Background right, classical female figure (Liberty with torch) on cloud top casts lightning as classical figures fall from the cloud and onto a broken chariot on the ground behind the British generals. Far background, solders in a line center, men and women stand to left, houses on hill to right. Directly below image names identifying subjects [omit commas]: "Lincoln, Rochambeau, Hamilton, Washington, Know, De Lauzun, Nelson, La Fayette, Tarleton, Cornwallis, Abercrombie, O'Hara, Symmonds, Dundas, Chewton." Below at left: Drawn by John Francis Renault", and at right: "Engraved by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. and Wm. [superscript "m"] Allen / The British surrendering their Arms to Gen: Washington after their defeat at York Town in Virginia October 1781 / TO THE DEFENDERS OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, THIS PRINT IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THEIR FELLOW CITIZEN, / Jn Feis [superscript "n" and "eis"] Renault Assistant Secretary to the Count de Grass and Engineer to the French Army at the Siege of York." Title of engraving surrounded by flourishes. Deep liner with rounded interior edge, mounted on wood frame. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame; glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-30.5 W-40 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Washington, George (1732-1799), Cornwallis, Charles (1738-1805)

Subjects:

Yorktown