American Neoclassical painter, John Trumbull was commissioned in 1820 to paint, “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.” This is one of the two paintings on this subject matter. The painting was placed in 1826.
One of the first things you notice are the black clouds of smoke concluding the final campaign, which drove the surrender of the British at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781 after eight years of war; thereby, ending the Revolutionary War making America a free and independent nation. Cornwallis was expecting reinforcements from the British navy; however, French fleets averted British reinforcements. Washington had out maneuvered and out fired Cornwallis and his army. Cornwallis does not appear in the painting since he had taken ill and sent General
One of the first things you notice are the black clouds of smoke concluding the final campaign, which drove the surrender of the British at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781 after eight years of war; thereby, ending the Revolutionary War making America a free and independent nation. Cornwallis was expecting reinforcements from the British navy; however, French fleets averted British reinforcements. Washington had out maneuvered and out fired Cornwallis and his army. Cornwallis does not appear in the painting since he had taken ill and sent General