Nov 1, 2025
At the signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Sam standee is in Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull (1819)!
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At the signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Sam standee is in Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull (1819)!
Joshua at the Battle of Ai – Attended by Death (John Trumbull, 1840)
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 by John Trumbull
I wanted to do this for such a long time
General George Washington at Trenton
Artist: John Trumbull (American, 1756–1843)
Date: 1792
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, United States
Description
In 1792 the city of Charleston, South Carolina, commissioned from John Trumbull a portrait of George Washington for its city hall to commemorate the president’s visit in May 1791.
Hugh Mercer, Jr. (Study for "The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, Janury 3, 1777")
John Trumbull American
1791
"Trumbull is considered the most learned artist and skilled draftsman of his generation in America. Between 1789 and 1791 he traveled the eastern seaboard of the United States drawing portrait studies of military heroes to ensure the accuracy of the likenesses he would render in his famed Revolutionary War paintings. His portrait drawing representing Brigadier General Hugh Mercer is one of thirteen extant studies for the painting “The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777” (Yale University Art Gallery). Because his subject was deceased, Trumbull used for his model Mercer’s son Hugh Jr.; he twice sketched the young man in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in April 1791."
Portrait of Sarah Hope Harvey (Mrs. John Trumbull, 1774–1824)
Artist: John Trumbull (American, 1756–1843)
Date: c. 1820–1823
Medium: Oil on panel
Collection: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States
Description
Trumbull painted his wife, about whom little is known, at least thirteen times. Scholars have suggested that she was previously married to someone with the surname Harvey and that Trumbull may have found himself in a situation in which he was obliged to marry her. Evidently anxious about the reception his wife would receive at home among his aristocratic friends and family, he sent home as a kind of introduction a portrait of his bride dressed elegantly in white, clutching a cross at her breast (Sarah Trumbull in a White Dress, c. 1800, Mrs. Charles Higgins), followed by an apologetic letter to his brother Jonathan in which he provided some scant biographical information about her. He described her as “beautiful beyond the usual beauty of women!” and seems to have remained devoted to her despite her bouts of emotional instability and alcoholism.
