Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

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Description

This is a copy of a lithograph produced by the Detroit Publishing Company, based on a painting by John Trumbull. It shows the surrender of the British army at Yorktown, Virginia, the last major campaign of the Revolutionary War. Trumbull’s original painting is on display in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

It comes from a collection of photographs taken by Joseph Abel, a scientist with the Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry and an amateur photographer, from 1899–1932.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture.

National Archives Identifier: 512778

Full Citation: Photograph 16-AD-60; Surrender of Cornwallis. Copy of painting by John Trumbull; 10/1781 (artwork 1819-1820); Joseph Abel Photographs of Washington, D.C, 1899 – 1932; Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, Record Group 16; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/surrender-cornwallis/, May 1, 2026]

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