Miniature painting: The Siege of Yorktown

Date1785

Artist Louis-Nicholas Van Blarenberghe (1716-1794)

After work by Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753 - 1815)

After work by Charles-Louis Berthier (1759 - 1783)

OriginEurope, France, Paris

MediumGouache on paper; gilt-metal frame

DimensionsFramed: 3 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2003-8,1

DescriptionThese meticulously rendered watercolors depict the Siege and Surrender of Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War. Based on drawings by Alexandre and César Berthier, eye-witnesses to the battles and draftsmen under Rochambeau, each miniature measures only 3 1/8 inches in diameter and illustrates over 300 individual figures.
InscribedSigned and dated: "van Blarenberghe 1785" on lower left of card.
ProvenanceS.J. Phillips, Ltd., London, 1973
Dr. Anton C.R. Dreesmann
Christie's London, April 2002, Sale, 6674, Lot. 752
Private Collector (sold to CWF via Robert Hunter)