Engraved portrait of Benjamin Lincoln, served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is notable for being involved in three major surrenders during the war, his participation in the Battles of Saratoga contributed to John Burgoyne's surrender of a British army, he oversaw the largest American surrender of the war at the 1780 Siege of Charleston, and, as George Washington's second in command, he formally accepted the British surrender at Yorktown, his signature copied on the bottom, Washington, DC, 1800. From the New York Public Library.
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Gado Images / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3454 x 5800 px | 29.2 x 49.1 cm | 11.5 x 19.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1800Location:
United StatesPhotographer:
Smith Collection/GadoMore information:
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Engraved portrait of Benjamin Lincoln, served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is notable for being involved in three major surrenders during the war, his participation in the Battles of Saratoga contributed to John Burgoyne's surrender of a British army, he oversaw the largest American surrender of the war at the 1780 Siege of Charleston, and, as George Washington's second in command, he formally accepted the British surrender at Yorktown, his signature copied on the bottom, Washington, DC, 1800. From the New York Public Library.