Lot Essay
"Then when things were their blackest there came a change... Washington...with the help of the French fleet, under De Grasse, he penned the army of Cornwallis into Yorktown..." (p. 25).
Details
SMITH, E. BOYD. "Yorktown Victory, 1781." Original watercolor and ink drawing for The Story of Our Country, published New York, [1920]. 9 3/16 x 12 3/8 in. (23.3 x 31.5 cm.); matted and framed. The illustration appears opposite page 25.