This painting depicts the forces of british major general charles cornwallis, 1st marquess cornwallis (1738–1805) (who was not himself present at the surrender), surrendering to french and american forces after the siege of yorktown (september 28 – october 19, 1781) during the american revolutionary war. The central figures depicted are generals charles o'hara and benjamin lincoln. The united states government commissioned trumbull to paint patriotic paintings, including this piece, for them in 1817, paying for the piece in 1820. Object Type: painting. Genre: history painting. Date: 1820, placed 1826. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 12 ft (365.7 cm); width: 18 ft (548.6 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: George Washington, Jean-Baptiste Donatiede Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Benjamin Lincoln, Christian of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Collection: Rotunda of the US Capitol. Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
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