Framed Cornwallis Sues for Cessation of Hostilities by Constantino Brumidi

Product Overview:

• Proudly handmade in the USA
• Wood frame with mat, glass front, paper duster backing with wire hanger
• Museum quality Giclee digital print using archival paper and inks
• Standard size frame measures approx. 24" H x 20" W
• Poster size frame measures approx. 36" H x 30" W

Product Details:

Cornwallis Sues for Cessation of Hostilities Under the Flag of Truce, by Constantino Brumidi, a large-scale fresco, illustrates George Washington in a tent at the Yorktown battlefield, accepting a letter from British General Cornwallis’s emissary. Washington’s decision to grant a two-hour truce, rather than the 24-hour truce proposed, was an important turning point in the war with the British. By rejecting the long truce, hostilities were resumed before the British naval fleet arrived to back up Cornwallis’s unit. He surrendered a few days later, and the War for Independence was over.