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Object Type
Museum number: 1932,0213.273
Title: Object: Reddition de l'armée du Lord Cornwallis; Series: Recueil d'estampes représentant les différents évènements de la guerre qui a procuré l'independance aux Etats-Unis de l'Amérique
Description: Plate 10: Corwallis surrendering and presenting his sword to George Washington, who is standing in the left foreground, on 19 October 1781; nearby some officers, among whom Rochambeau, and soldiers armed with bayonets. 1782 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: François Godefroy; After: Jean Jacques François Le Barbier; Published by: François Godefroy; Published by: Nicolas Ponce
School/style
Production date: 1782
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 182 millimetres; Width: 212 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See 1932,0213.264 for comment on the series. This particular plate was advertised in 'Gazette de France', 12 April 1782, and in 'Mercure', May 1782.
Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (67); De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (1184)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess Cornwallis; Representation of: George Washington; Representation of: Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Associated events: Associated Event: American War of Independence 1775-1783
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1932
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1932,0213.273

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