Details
Contributor Renault, John Francis, artist.
Allen, William, engraver.
Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co., engraver.
Renault, John Francis, artist.
Allen, William, engraver.
The National Bureau of Eng. & Mfg. Co., publisher.
Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co., engraver.
Title The British surrendering their arms to Gen. Washington after their defeat at York Town in Virginia October 1781 [graphic] : To the defenders of American independence, this print is most respectfully inscribed by their fellow citizen, J[oh]n. F[ran]cis. Renault, Assistant Secretary to the Count de Grass, and Engineer to the French Army at the Siege of York / Drawn by John Francis Renault; Engraved by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. and Wm. Allen.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by The National Bureau of Eng. and Mfg. Co
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1895
Date [ca. 1895], January 28, 1818
Physical Description 1 print : color photomechanical print ; sheet 63 x 89 cm (24.5 x 35.75 in.)
Description Reproduction of commemorative print purchased by subscription after the painting exhibited in America by French-born painter, John Francis Renault. Depicts an historically inaccurate, allegorical scene of the decisive surrender at the close of the American Revolution. Shows Lord Cornwallis offering his sword to the Duke de Lauzun who defers the weapon to General Washington. Image includes: the American, French, and British military officers convening on a knoll near a neoclassical two-column monument with an inscribed urn guarded by female muses and a child holding the U.S. Constitution; Washington's African American valet and horse; and an allegorical scene of a goddess, portrayed as a white woman, firing lightning bolts upon an overturned Roman chariot. Identified officers depicted are: Lauzun, General Knox, General Nelson, General Lafayette, Washington, Major General Lincoln, Count Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau, Colonel Hamilton, Cornwallis, Lt. Colonel Abercrombie, Naval Captain Symmonds, Lt. Colonel Dundas, and Lord Chewton.
Notes Title from item.
Copyrighted by the National Bureau of Engraving and Manufacturing Co.
Printed on recto: Entered according to Act of Congress the 28th day of January, 1818.
Original print advertised with an accompanying "Plan" in the February 10, 1824 edition of "The New England Palladium & Commercial Advertiser."
National Bureau of Engraving and Manufacturing operated from 1877 until the early 1900s under variant names.
LCP holds original edition of accompanying plan. See "Plan of Yorktown and Virginia and Adjacent Country..." (Philadelphia, 1824), drawn by Renault and engraved by Benjamin Tanner. (LCP 308 M 23).
See Library of Congress' An Album of American battle art, 1755-1918. (Washington, D.C.: The U.S Government Printing Office, 1947), #29. (LCP Print Room Uy 14, 8413.Q).
Accessioned 2000.
Description of 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Biographical / historical note Tanner, Vallance, Kearny, & Co. was a short-lived partnership between Philadelphia engravers Benjamin Tanner, John Vallance, and Francis Kearny from 1818-1819. William Allen worked as an engraver in Philadelphia in 1818.
Subject Abercrombie, Robert, 1740-1827 -- Portraits.
Biron, Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de, 1747-1793 -- Portraits.
Chewton, Lord -- Portraits.
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805 -- Portraits.
Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820, -- Portraits.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 -- Portraits.
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 -- Portraits.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 -- Portraits.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 -- Portraits.
Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789 -- Portraits.
O'Hara, Charles -- Portraits.
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807 -- Portraits.
Symonds, Thomas -- Portaits.
Tarleton, Lieutenant-General (Banastre), 1754-1833 -- Portraits.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
African American men -- Virginia -- Yorktown.
Allegories.
Horses -- Virginia -- Yorktown.
Surrenders -- British -- Virginia -- Yorktown -- 1780-1790.
Valets -- Virginia -- Yorktown.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Military personnel.
Genre Allegorical prints -- Color -- 1880-1910.
Commemorative prints -- Color -- 1890-1900.
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1890-1900.
Associated name Allen, William, engraver.
Associated name Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co., engraver.
Illustrator Renault, John Francis, artist.
Printer The National Bureau of Eng. & Mfg. Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **GC - American Revolution [P.9845]
Accession number P.9845