Encampment of the Convention Army at Charlotte Ville in Virginia after they had surrendered to the Americans.

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• PUBLISHER: Published as the act directs Jany. 1789 by William Lane, Leadenhall Street, London.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1789

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 7/8 x 16" (20 x 40.6 cm) plus margins.

• DESCRIPTION: This rare and historically significant print offers a panoramic view of the British "Convention Army" encamped near Charlottesville, Virginia, following their surrender at Saratoga in 1777. After General John Burgoyne’s forces capitulated “by convention” to Major General Horatio Gates, the approximately 5,750 captured troops were marched south and settled in makeshift quarters. In Charlottesville, they constructed cabins and engaged in subsistence farming to support themselves during their internment. This image is notable as the earliest known print to depict the Charlottesville area, capturing a unique moment when British soldiers became reluctant residents of the American interior.

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• CONDITION: Good condition, with typical vertical creases, as it is from a publication.

• REFERENCE: Cresswell, 308

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