Lord Cornwallis surrender, 1781. - Public domain old map

Shows Yorktown Virginia and the York River on conical powder horn.
Relief shown by hachures.
Manuscript: Engraved bovine horn, shellacked.
Has wooden pouring spout inserted at narrow end and wooden hinged cap inserted at wide end.
Inscriptions: James Downae his horn, made by E. Crosby - 1781, A: Bowery, A: Lion, The: Elem Tree, and Mare Maid at: Sea.
Includes pictorial represenations of the Moore House and gardens where Cornwallis's surrender took place, several vessels, a conventional flowering vine, and a school of fish.
A listing of this horn is in "American Engraved Powder Horns", N.Y., no. 285, 1945, p. 51.
Housed on wooden base covered by clear plastic box casement screwed-on to base at bottom.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.