The Most Noble Charles Marquiss Cornwallis, &c.&c. Master General of the Ordnance, Lieut. General & General Governor of his Majesty's Kingdom of Ireland.

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• ARTIST: John Singleton Copley

• PUBLISHER: Pub Sept. 1, 1798 by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside; and at the Shaksphere Gallery, Pall Mall.

• MEDIUM: Stipple engraving,

  DATE: 1798.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 16 7/16 x 13 3/16" (41.8 x 33.5 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Painted by John Singleton Copley. Engraved by Benjamin Smith. <BR><BR> A fine large English engraving of the British General who had the dubious honor of having to surrender to the combined French and American forces at Yorktown on October 17th, 1781. Thus ending the fighting in the Revolutionary War. <BR><BR> He is shown in his position after the American Revolution as Governor-General and commander-in-chief in India. While serving in India he enacted numerous reforms within the East India Company and its territories,

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• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Revolutionary War Figures