Map Lord Cornwallis surrender, 1781.
About this Item
Title
- Lord Cornwallis surrender, 1781.
Names
- Crosby, E.
- Downae, James.
Created / Published
- 1781.
Headings
- - Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis,--Marquis,--1738-1805
- - Moore House (Yorktown, Va.)
- - Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- - Powder flasks--Early works to 1800
- - United States--Virginia--Yorktown
Notes
- - 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.
Medium
- 1 map on powder horn : ms., bovine horn, wood ; 35 cm. long, 9 cm. diam.
Call Number/Physical Location
- G3884.Y6S3 1781 .C7
Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2007632271
Online Format
- image