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TITLE:  The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown A.D. 1781

CALL NUMBER:  PGA - Illman--Surrender of Cornwallis... (D size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-pga-01668 (digital file from original print)
LC-USZ62-5847 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Print depicts the surrender of the British forces after the Battle of Yorktown. Major General O'Hara, substituting for General Cornwallis, is shown handing his sword to the Comte de Rochambeau, who is standing next to General Washington.

MEDIUM:  1 print : engraving.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [ca. 1870]

CREATOR:

Illman Brothers.

NOTES:

Title from item.

SUBJECTS:

Surrenders--British--Virginia--Yorktown--1780-1790.
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Surrenders--British.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns & battles.

FORMAT:

Engravings 1860-1880.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) pga 01668 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.01668
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a091450 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a09145

CONTROL #:  2004670530



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