Art + History: John Trumbull's Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

As he examines Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull, Paul Glenshaw is joined by Revolutionary War scholar Iris de Rode, whose groundbreaking discoveries of the eyewitness accounts of one of the top French generals depicted from life in the painting bring a fresh perspective to the French­–American alliance and the French contribution to the American side of the war. Glenshaw and de Rode unfold the story of Yorktown and Trumbull, from the painting’s unveiling in the U.S. Capitol’s Rotunda in 1826 to how the creator’s unusual career as soldier, diplomat, and artist shaped this iconic work. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)