Premier Auction - Session II - November 18, 2023 | Lot 1008-1473
Sat, Nov 18, 2023 09:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 1163
Rare View of Cornwallis' Surrender at Yorktown, October 19, 1781. Mondhare, Paris, Circa 1781
Estimate: $20,000 - $25,000
Sold for
$10,000
Sold Price excludes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Louis Joseph Mondhare, publisher (French, 1734-1799), Reddition de l'Armee angloises commandee par Mylord Comte de Cornwallis aux armees combinees des Etats Unis de l'Amerique et de France aux ordres des Generaux Washington et de Rochambeau a Yorck Touwn et Glocester dans la Virginie, le 19 Octobre 1781. (Surrender following the Battle of Yorktown, October 19, 1781), hand colored engraving on laid paper, sheet 13-3/4 x 20-3/4 in. (34.8 x 52.4 cm); 18th century black painted frame, museum glass, 16-4/8 x 23-3/4 x 1-1-1/8 in.
Literature: Pritchard and Taliaferro, Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America, 2002, ill. pp.284-285
Condition
period hand coloring, older paper mount floated at points (not removed completely), some loss to pigment in sky, fugitive color in water right, light stains and toning, small hole at corroded point lower right, tiny pin size hole or thinness ar two individuals left middle, remnants of former mounting points at corners verso, slightly uneven trim in margins; frame with wear commensurate with age
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