Surrender of Cornwallis

Famous scene, excellent colors; 29 figure pieces, color line cut; interlocking

Artist is Polish painter Jan Van Chelminski (1851-1925), of George Washington and his generals after the battle of Yorktown. Chełmiński entered the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in 1875 and worked throughout Europe. From 1895 he lived in New York, though in 1893 he had taken out British citizenship. He was best known in his lifetime for his historical works, especially those dealing with military history and the Napoleonic Wars. [Wikipedia]