Lord Cornwallis Surrender, 1781

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Old map of United States, Virginia, Yorktown.

Created by E. Crosby, James Downae in 1781.

• Shows Yorktown Virginia and the York River on conical powder horn.
• Relief shown by hachures.
• Manuscript: Engraved bovine horn, shellacked.
• Has wooden pouring spout inserted at narrow end and wooden hinged cap inserted at wide end.
• Inscriptions: James Downae his horn, made by E. Crosby - 1781, A: Bowery, A: Lion, The: Elem Tree, and Mare Maid at: Sea.
• Includes pictorial represenations of the Moore House and gardens where Cornwallis's surrender took place, several vessels, a conventional flowering vine, and a school of fish.
• A listing of this horn is in "American Engraved Powder Horns", N.Y., no. 285, 1945, p. 51.
• Housed on wooden base covered by clear plastic box casement screwed-on to base at bottom.

Map Tags

1781

Cornwallis Charles Cornwallis

E. Crosby

Early Works To 1800

History

James Downae

Map

Maps Manuscript

Marquis

Moore House (Yorktown Va.)

Powder Flasks

Siege

United States

Virginia

Yorktown

Yorktown (Va.)