Cornwallis is Taken!–Lieutenant Colonel Tighlman of Washington's staff, announcing the surrender of Cornwallis, from the steps of the State House (Independence Hall,) at midnight, October 23rd, 1781
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Currier & Ives
Artist bio: American, active New York, 1857–1907
Artist role: Publisher
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1876
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 8 11/16 × 12 5/8 in. (22 × 32 cm)
Sheet: 13 5/16 × 17 1/2 in. (33.8 × 44.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Accession year: 1963