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
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
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Surrender of Lord Cornwallis is an oil-on-canvas painting by John Trumbull. Completed in 1820, the painting now hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
John Trumbull
…University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. In July 1786, Trumbull traveled to Paris, where he made portrait sketches of French officers, including Surrender of Lord Cornwallis. With assistance from Thomas Jefferson, who was then serving in Paris as the American minister to France, Trumbull began the early composition of the…
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
A key prepared by Trumbull identifying the French and American officers in the painting
Another key to the painting