They scrambled up the parapet and went surging over the crest, pell mell, upon the British

They scrambled up the parapet and went surging over the crest, pell mell, upon the British
They scrambled up the parapet and went surging over the crest, pell mell, upon the British

They scrambled up the parapet and went surging over the crest, pell mell, upon the British

Date1899
Artist (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationJanice Meredith, volume II, by Paul Leicester Ford (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 × 16 in. (61 × 40.6 cm)
frame: 28 1/2 × 20 1/2 × 2 in. (72.4 × 52.1 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-120
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ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn 1781, George Washington's troops defeated the British in Yorktown, Virginia. Here, Pyle depicts a night scene as American militiamen storm over a hill to attack the enemy. At the moment of confrontation, the British wear their formal redcoat uniforms and carry polished arms; both the Americans' uniforms and weapons are largely makeshift. At the apex of the chaotic battle, the American commander—both terror and determination in his eyes as shells explode next to his tricorn hat—urges his troops forward during this last major land battle of the Revolutionary War.
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