The Surrender of General Burgoyne is an oil painting by the American artist John Trumbull. The painting was completed in 1821 and hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C.
Surrender of General Burgoyne
Trumbull's 1791 sketch of Surrender of General Burgoyne that he completed before beginning the portrait, which was finished 30 years later, in 1821
A Bureau of Engraving and Printing vignette used on the reverse of the $500 National Bank Note
Key to the figures in the painting
John Burgoyne
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General John Burgoyne was a British Army officer, playwright and politician who was a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War
Surrender of General Burgoyne
…completed in 1821 and hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts the surrender of British Lieutenant General John Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York on October 17, 1777, ten days after the Second Battle of Saratoga. Included in the depiction are many leaders of the American…
Portrait of John Burgoyne by Joshua Reynolds, c. 1766
1758 portrait of Burgoyne
Lady Charlotte Stanley, by Edward Haytley (1746)
Captain John Stanley, an aide-de-camp to Burgoyne