John Trumbull
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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
Self-Portrait, c. 1802
John Trumbull, painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1818
Sketches of Creek leaders, Hysac, or The Woman's Man, and Hopothle Mico, or, The Talassee King of the Creeks, made by John Trumbull in 1790 during negotiations for the Treaty of New York (Yale Beinecke J18 T771 841)
Trumbull, painted by James Frothingham
Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. It wa
John Trumbull
…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…
Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull
U.S. government's key to the painting
The painting was pictured on an 1869 United States 24-cent definitive postage stamp.
1863 United States 100-dollar National Bank Note (reverse)