Study for "The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown"
Datecirca 1787–1791
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionsheight and width: 14 3/4 × 21 15/16 in. (37.5 × 55.7 cm)
frame: 22 1/2 × 29 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (57.2 × 75.6 × 8.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Ann and Jim Goodnight
Object number2016.8.3
Provenance**Created United States, ca. 1787–1791; collection of the artist; probably given to Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, VA, 1791; [Jefferson Sale, Mr. Harding’s Gallery, Boston, MA, July 19, 1833]; Alfred Lawrence Aiken (1870–1946); to his son, Prof. William Appleton Aiken (1907–57), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.; to wife, Phyllis A. Gallatin Aiken (1908–78), 1957; to children David Aiken, Timothy Aiken, and Penelope Aiken Emery, 1978; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY, 1981]; to Richard Manoogian, Grosse Pointe, MI, 1981–85; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY, 1985–86]; [Marvin Sadik, Falmouth, ME, 1986]; Robert Allen, Oyster Bay, NY, 1986; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY, 2002]; sold to Dr. and Mrs. James H. Goodnight, Cary, NC, 2002; given to NCMA, 2015.
