History / USA / American War of Independence; 1775-83: surrender of Yorktown; 19.10.1781(The main British army under Lord C.Cornwallis surrenders to the French-American troops under G.Washington)."The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. A.D. 1781" (General O'Hara surrenders; in place of General Cornwallis; the sword to Comte de Rochambeau; standing next to George Washington; between Rochambeau and Washington is the Marquis de Lafayette).Steel engraving; 1875; by Edward and George Illman after a painting by Charles 蒬ouard Armand-Dumaresq (1826-1895).