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[[Image:76485685i79.jpg|right|240px|Declaration of Independence]]
[[Image:76485685i79.jpg|right|240px|Declaration of Independence]]
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'''John Trumbull''' (Lebanon, Connecticut, 6 June, 1756 - [[New York City]], 10 Nov., 1843) American [[painter]]. He is known as the artist of the [[American Revolution]] (millions of American schoolchildren have seen the Revolution through his eyes). At [[Harvard]] (1772 - 1773) he studied works of Brooke Taylor and [[William Hogarth]] .
'''John Trumbull''' (Lebanon, Connecticut, 6 June 1756 - [[New York City]], 10 Nov., 1843) American [[painter]]. He is known as the artist of the [[American Revolution]] (millions of American schoolchildren have seen the Revolution through his eyes). At [[Harvard]] (1772 - 1773) he studied works of Brooke Taylor and [[William Hogarth]] .
Trumbull [[portraits]] include those of [[Thomas Jefferson]] (1788), [[George Washington]] (1790), George Clinton (1791), [[Alexander Hamilton]] (1792) and [[John Adams]] (1797).
Trumbull [[portraits]] include those of [[Thomas Jefferson]] (1788), [[George Washington]] (1790), George Clinton (1791), [[Alexander Hamilton]] (1792) and [[John Adams]] (1797).
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Trumbull's fame rests mainly on the four paintings, the "Battle of Bunker Hill," and "Death of Montgomery," which two pictures still stand unexcelled in American historical painting (both at Yale University Art Gallery), and on such strong portraits as those of Washington and Alexander Hamilton. <ref> [http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofart/hallofamericanart/JOHNTRUMBULL.COM/ John Trumbull] </ref>
Trumbull's fame rests mainly on the four paintings, the "Battle of Bunker Hill," and "Death of Montgomery," which two pictures still stand unexcelled in American historical painting (both at Yale University Art Gallery), and on such strong portraits as those of Washington and Alexander Hamilton.<ref>[http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofart/hallofamericanart/JOHNTRUMBULL.COM/ John Trumbull]</ref>
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[[File:Trumbull Death of Montgomery.jpg|thumb|center|340px|Death of Montgomery, 1786.]]
[[File:Trumbull Death of Montgomery.jpg|thumb|center|340px|Death of Montgomery, 1786.]]