Planning for Victory

Original Oil on Canvas - now in the permanent collecton of Mount Vernon

14"x18" Giclee on Canvas Ltd. Ed. (50), signed/numbered $275

In August of 1781, General Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau left
NewYork for Virginia when word was received that Admiral de Grace was
heading north with a French fleet to attack the British at Yorktown. The two
Generals led the French and American troops towards Yorktown, 550 miles on
roads that could barely be called roads. When they reached Virginia,
Washington took advantage of being close to his beloved Mount Vernon and for
the first time in over five years rode to his home.

Seen here is General Washington , the Comte de Rochambeau, secretary
Jonathan Trumble Jr. and other staff in the unfinished dining room at Mount
Vernon planning the seige of Yorktown.