Map Lord Cornwallis surrender, 1781

Title

• Lord Cornwallis surrender, 1781

Names

• Crosby, E.
• Downae, James

Created / Published

• 1781.

Headings

• -  Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis,--Marquis,--1738-1805
• -  Moore House (Yorktown, Va.)
• -  Powder flasks--Early works to 1800
• -  Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps, Manuscript--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.
• -  Housed on wooden base covered by clear plastic box casement screwed-on to base at bottom.
• -  A listing of this horn is in "American Engraved Powder Horns", N.Y., no. 285, 1945, p. 51.
• -  Conserved; 002219 1975 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda

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

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3884y.ct001971

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2007632271

Online Format

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LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2007632271

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