Apr 15, 2021 - Sale 2564

Sale 2564 - Lot 36

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(REVOLUTION.) James Heath, engraver; after Robert Smirke. Cornwallis Resigning his Sword to Washington. Engraving, 14 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches; minimal wear and soiling; untrimmed. [Philadelphia: Fry & Rittenhouse, 1807]
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This plate was also used to illustrate the 1807 first edition of Joel Barlow's epic poem of the Revolution, "Columbiad" (facing page 278), although the present untrimmed example was apparently offered separately.