The Taking of Yorktown
Date1855
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; lithograph
DimensionsOverall: 18 7/8 in. x 24 1/4 in. (47.94 cm x 61.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Gibby, 1984
Object numberWB-36A1
DescriptionThis print is a depiction of the Battle of Yorktown on August 2, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War.MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom left corner of the image: "Paris, V. Turgis, editeur, rue Serpente, 10 et a New-York, 300."
Printed in ink below the bottom right corner of the image: "Lith. de Turgis, a Paris".
Printed in ink below the left side of the image: "Prise de Yorktown. / Washington, seconde par les troupes francaises, sous les ordres de comte de Rochambeau, attaque les Anglais commandes par Cornwallis, / qui, presses par des forces superieures, se renferme dans Yorktown; il y est aussiot assiege et si etroitment bloque qu il est force de se rendre / prisonnier de guerre aves huit mille hommes, le 19 Decembre 1781."
Printed in ink below the right side of the image: "The Taking of Yorktown. / Washington, assisted by the French Troops under the orders of count d Rochambeau, attacks the English commanded by Cornwallis / who pressed superior forces shuts himself up in Yorktown, he is immediately beseiged there, and so closely blocaded, that he is / forced to surrender himself prisoner of war with 8000 men, the 19th of December 1781."
Printed in ink on the bottom edge of the sheet: "Toma de Yorktown".
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1859
c.1863
