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Study for "The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown"
Study for "The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown"

Study for "The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown"

Artist John Trumbull American, 1756–1843
Datecirca 1787–1791
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionsheight and width: 14 3/4 × 21 15/16 in. (37.5 × 55.7 cm)
frame: 22 1/2 × 29 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (57.2 × 75.6 × 8.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Ann and Jim Goodnight
Object number2016.8.3
On View
On view
Provenance**Created United States, ca. 1787–1791; collection of the artist; probably given to Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, VA, 1791; [Jefferson Sale, Mr. Harding’s Gallery, Boston, MA, July 19, 1833]; Alfred Lawrence Aiken (1870–1946); to his son, Prof. William Appleton Aiken (1907–57), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.; to wife, Phyllis A. Gallatin Aiken (1908–78), 1957; to children David Aiken, Timothy Aiken, and Penelope Aiken Emery, 1978; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY, 1981]; to Richard Manoogian, Grosse Pointe, MI, 1981–85; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY, 1985–86]; [Marvin Sadik, Falmouth, ME, 1986]; Robert Allen, Oyster Bay, NY, 1986; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY, 2002]; sold to Dr. and Mrs. James H. Goodnight, Cary, NC, 2002; given to NCMA, 2015.
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