Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, October 19th 1781–By this event the clouds of war were broken, and the dawn of Peace broke forth like the light of a clear morning after a night of tempest and woe
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: John Trumbull|Currier & Ives
Artist bio: American, Lebanon, Connecticut 1756–1843 New York|American, active New York, 1857–1907
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: American|American
Date: 1868–94
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: image: 9 1/4 x 12 3/8 in. (23.5 x 31.5 cm)
sheet: 11 x 13 7/8 in. (28 x 35.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Accession year: 1962