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Painting Collection of the Maryland Historical Society
Washington and his Generals at Yorktown
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Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Washington and his Generals at Yorktown c. 1784
Oil on canvas
21 11/64 x 29 17/32 in.(53.8 x 75 cm.)
Holding Institution: Maryland Historical Society
Accession: 1845-3-1
  About the Artist
  Artist: Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
  About the Artwork
  Medium: Painting
Description: Outdoor scene shows group of six men, Washington and generals, standing on grass at right with tree behind them. Sand in middleground leads to ocean showing ships in ocean. Small village, Yorktown, on overlook in middleground. Men with horses shown in center foreground. 2/3 of painting is blue-gray-pink sky.
Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: Inscription: "WATERPROOF LINING / & / RESTORING / BY C. VOLKMAR / N. Frederic St. no. 10 / BALTIMORE". Two labels on verso. See written conservator's report in catalogue folder.
 
 
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