Original Antique American Historical Print. " Surrender of The British... "

Great image of The Battle of The Boyne Fine steel engraving after Benjamin West With a highly decorative figural border Published by London prin...

Great image of The Battle of Hopton Heath Fine steel engraving after G.Cattermole Published by Mackenzie C.1870 Unframed. The size given is the paper size

Great image of The Battle of Naseby Fine steel engraving after G.Cattermole Published by Mackenzie C.1870 Unframed. The size given is the paper size

Great print of New York City Steel engraving after W.H Bartlett Published by Virtue 1837 Unframed. The measurement is the paper size. Free shipping  

This is a large, handsome engraving entitled Washington and His Generals by Alexander H. Ritchie, one of the best historical printmakers of the mid-nineteenth century. Ritchie is par...

Antique print titled 'M. le Mis de la Fayette commandant General de la Garde Nationalle Parisienne dedie aux citoyens la soldats'. Original antique print of Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette. He was a French aristocrat...

Description: Antique print titled 'The Spirit of - 76'. Original engraving showing a scene of the American Revolution. Made after a painting by Tompkins Harrison Matteson. Artist...

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...