Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon (1789-1855) French The capitulation at Yorktown Oil on canvas,...
Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon (1789-1855) French
The capitulation at Yorktown
Oil on canvas, 41cm by 48cm
Provenance: By descent in the family of the artist; Their sale; Hôtel des Ventes Michelcolombe, Tours, 11 Oct. 1998, lot 25; Private Collection, UK, acquired at the above sale
This is evidently a study for a larger painting, currently unknown, although its composition recalls the scenes of the Revolutionary War painted by John Trumbull. General Charles Cornwallis surrendered Yorktown, Virginia to the French Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau and the American General George Washington on 19 October 1781. The French fleet under Admiral de Grasse had played a vital role at the Battle of Chesapeake Bay by preventing the British fleet, under the command of Admiral Graves, from providing Cornwallis' troops with relief.
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Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon (1789-1855) French
The capitulation at Yorktown
Oil on canvas, 41cm by 48cm
Provenance: By descent in the family of the artist; Their sale; Hôtel des Ventes Michelcolombe, Tours, 11 Oct. 1998, lot 25; Private Collection, UK, acquired at the above sale
This is evidently a study for a larger painting, currently unknown, although its composition recalls the scenes of the Revolutionary War painted by John Trumbull. General Charles Cornwallis surrendered Yorktown, Virginia to the French Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau and the American General George Washington on 19 October 1781. The French fleet under Admiral de Grasse had played a vital role at the Battle of Chesapeake Bay by preventing the British fleet, under the command of Admiral Graves, from providing Cornwallis' troops with relief.
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