Comments on: Feel Art Again: Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:44:40 +0000

@Kelly:
Well, he painted it nearly 40 years after the surrender… Do you really think that all the other faces are accurate representations of folks there? Likewise colors of horses, general lay of the land, cloud formations, &c? I’m a history stickler, but even I allow artists a little artistic license…

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:28:24 +0000

This article came just in time, as my class just learned about the end of the Revolutionary War today.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:36:11 +0000

It’s a little like Hitchcock who included himself in every one of his films. It’s a clever thing to do, but too bad it makes the painting historically inaccurate.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:35:18 +0000

I wonder if fact #4 has anything to do with Trumbull only having one eye?