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
Declaration of Independence (painting)
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 was based on a much smaller version of the same scene, presently held by the Yale University Art Gallery. Trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life, and visited Independence Hall to depict the chamber where the Second Continental Congress met. The oil-on-canvas work was commissioned in 1817, purchased in 1819, and placed in the United States Capitol rotunda in 1826.
Declaration of Independence (painting)
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)