Details
Creator Doney, Thomas, engraver.
Contributor Latilla, Eugenio H., 1800-1859, artist.
Latilla, Eugenio H., 1800-1859, artist.
Pate, William, printer.
Title Cornwallis is taken! [graphic] : The watchman's cry - Philadelphia 1781 / Painted by Eugenio Latilla, M.S.B.A.; engraved by Thos. Doney.
Publisher New York : Printed by W. Pate
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1856
Date [ca. 1856]
Physical Description 1 print : mezzotint and engraving ; sheet 64 x 81 cm (25 x 32 in.)
Description Print commemorating the surrender in 1781 of British General Cornwallis at Yorktown depicting the watchman's purported moonlit announcement of the event on October 22nd at the Philadelphia residence of Thomas McKean, the president of Congress. Near the "Geo. Washington" tavern, the white watchman, one hand raised, a lantern in the other, his mouth open and with a few teeth missing, cries the news to the crowd of men, women, and children surrounding him and McKean. McKean, wearing a silken robe, chin in hand listens. His face portrayed with a look of contemplation. The crowd, many in nightclothes hold candlesticks, pray, cheer, and listen solemnly. Included in the crowd are a white man veteran with a prosthetic wooden peg leg, an African American boy, an African American woman caregiver holding presumably McKean's baby in the doorway, a white man and woman couple facing each other and holding hands, white women in shawls and elegant robes, a seated Native American woman attired in moccasins, and a white man portrayed with a frowned expression near behind the watchman.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from duplicate with variant imprint in the collections of the American Antiquarian Society..
Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan, 1978.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805.
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817.
African American boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American caregivers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Artificial limbs.
Amputees -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Couples -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Disabled veterans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Indian women -- North America.
Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Indigenous peoples -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Nannies (Children's nurses) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Night -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
People with disabilities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Veterans -- United States.
Victory celebrations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Watchmen -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Surrenders -- British.
Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781.
Genre Commemorative prints -- 1850-1860.
Intaglio prints -- 1850-1860.
Mezzotints -- 1850-1860.
Illustrator Latilla, Eugenio H., 1800-1859, artist.
Printer Pate, William, printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **GC-American Revolution [8384.F.23]
Accession number 8384.F.23