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
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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
Surrender of General Burgoyne
…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. The painting depicts the surrender of British…
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