Person:John Trumbull (5)

m. 9 Dec 1735
  1. Joseph Trumbull1737 - 1778
  2. Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.1740 - 1809
  3. Mary Trumbull1745 - 1831
  4. Col. John Trumbull1756 - 1843
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Name Col. John Trumbull
Gender Male
Birth[1] 6 Jun 1756 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
Other[2] 16 Aug 1824 New York City, New York, United Statesmet with Lafayette
Death[1] 10 Nov 1843 New York City, New York, United States
Reference Number? Q369263?


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John Trumbull (June 6, 1756November 10, 1843) was an American artist of the early independence period, notable 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 which hang in the United States Capitol Rotunda, is used on the reverse of the current United States two-dollar bill.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 John Trumbull, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. Browning, Charles H. (ed.). The American Historical Register and Monthly Gazette of the Patriotic-Hereditary Societies of the United States of America. (Philadelphia: The Historical Register Publishing Company)
    1153.

    [Col. Trumbull was part of the welcoming reception during Lafayette's 1824-25 tour of the U.S.]