Apr 15, 2021 - Sale 2564

Sale 2564 - Lot 37

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(REVOLUTION.) Tanner, et al.; after Renault. The British Surrendering their Arms to Gen. Washington after their Defeat at York Town. Engraving, 25 x 37 inches; 1-inch closed puncture in image area, light edge wear in lower left corner, light toning, laid down on early board. [Philadelphia], 23 January 1819

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The artist John Francis Renault had served as a secretary to the Comte de Grasse at Yorktown, and remained in America after the war. Washington, Lafayette, Hamilton, Cornwallis, and several others are identified in the key. American Battle Art 29.