General George Washington Resigning His Commission
General George Washington Resigning His Commission is a large-scale oil painting by American artist John Trumbull of General George Washington resigning his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army on December 23, 1783 to the Congress of the Confederation, then meeting in the Maryland State House at Annapolis, Maryland. The painting was commissioned in 1817, started in 1822, finished in 1824, and is now on view in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., along with three other large-scale paintings by Trumbull about the American Revolutionary War.
General George Washington Resigning His Commission
The Resignation of General Washington, December 23, 1783, by John Trumbull, 1824–1828
Key to the painting
Washington Resigning His Commission $1,000 National Bank Note, Series 1875
John Trumbull was an American painter and military officer best known for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran. He has been called the "Painter of the Revolution". Trumbull's Declaration of Independence (1817), one of his four paintings that hang in the United States Capitol rotunda, is used on the reverse of the current United States two-dollar bill.
Self-portrait, c. 1802
John Trumbull, painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1818
General George Washington at Trenton, a 1792 portrait by Trumbull now housed at Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut
Trumbull, painted by James Frothingham
