The Surrender of Napoleon to Great Britain

Marine watercolor by Jay Arnold titled “Heading out to Sea”. Shown is the large windjammer “Sea Cloud” under full sail leaving port. Sea Cloud was owned by Marjorie Merriweather Post...

Early oil on board of a sloop sailing by a lighthouse. Signed lower left A.T. Margueson (?). Frame has some loss. Measuires: 12" high x 14...

Well executed watercolor/gouache showing the great windjammer Kobenhaven under sail. The massive four masted barque has most sails set. Matted and framed. Titled lower left “Kobenhav...

Oil on canvas nautical painting showing a gaff-rigged sailing yacht with a full suit of sails cruising through moderate seas with people on deck. Wood frame. Signed D. Tayler, lower ...

Oil painting on canvas by German born artist, Amy Yoes. The painting, "Challenge to Surrender" c.1997, features colors ranging from bright pink and red tones to cool blues and green....

Copy of a classical portrait painting of Russian Royal Caterina II or Catherine The Great in Red Great Coat with medals and fur cap

Copy of a portrait of Russian royal ruler Catarina II or Catherine the Great in a classical style showing her in Court garb

Presented is an engraving entitled “The British surrendering their arms to Gen. Washington after their defeat at Yorktown Virginia October 1781.” The dedication continues in the bottom margin, “To the defenders of American independence, this print is most respectfully inscribed by their fellow citizen, Jn. Fcis. Renault, assistant secretary to the Count de Grass, and engineer to the French Army, at the siege of York.” The engraving is after a painting by John Francis Renault, and engraved by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. and William Allen, in Philadelphia in January of 1819. This historic print depicts the surrender of the British forces after the Battle of Yorktown. The print shows Lord Cornwallis offering his sword to the Duke de Lauzun, who defers the weapon to General Washington. British officers stand with Cornwallis on the right and French and American officers are shown at center and left. The immediate background is filled with an elaborate allegorical scene. Behind the British troops is a female representation of “Discord,” wearing a billowing robes and liberty cap and floating on storm clouds, as she sends lightning bolts to up-end the British people and a chariot below her. Behind the American and French officers, “Prosperity” stands next to an overflowing cornucopia, with “Justice”, an infant child with a paddle inscribed “American Constitution,” representing the helm of statehood. They crowd around a neoclassical monument with a giant urn...