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Figure 3.1.5 3.1. 5: John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1818 (placed 1826), oil on canvas, 12′ x 18′ (Rotunda, U.S. Capitol) The painting that resulted from this collaboration between artist and politician has become one of the most famous images in the history of American art. It can be found on the back of the ...
John Trumbull was an artist whose paintings depicting important events of the American Revolution became some of the most famous in the world. Born in Lebanon , Connecticut, in 1756, Trumbull was the son of Connecticut governor Jonathan Trumbull and graduated from Harvard College in 1773 before briefly serving as George Washington’s aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War .
Dec 6, 2023 · The Declaration of Independence. by Dr. Bryan Zygmont. John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1786–1820, oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 31 inches / 53 x 78.7 cm (Yale University Art Gallery) Like many artists of the early-Federal period (c. 1789-1801), the name John Trumbull is not one immediately recognized by most Americans ...
May 9, 2024 · John Trumbull was an American poet and jurist, known for his political satire, and a leader of the Hartford Wits). While a student at Yale College (now Yale University), Trumbull wrote two kinds of poetry: “correct” but undistinguished elegies of the Neoclassical school, and brilliant, comic verse
John Trumbull was an American artist of the early independence period, notable for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he ...
Trumbull portrays him rejecting the aid of General George Eliott, commander of the British troops. This work, the largest and last of three versions of the subject that Trumbull executed between 1786 and 1789, demonstrates his ambition to solidify his reputation on the basis of the highly respected genre of history painting.
Artist: John Trumbull (American, Lebanon, Connecticut 1756–1843 New York) Date: 1792. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 86 1/4 x 57 1/2 in. (219.1 x 146.1 cm) Credit Line: Jointly owned by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Credit Suisse, 2013. Accession Number: 2013.454.
