John Trumbull (1756-1843) was the first American painter to produce a series of history paintings; they depict scenes of the Revolutionary War. John Trumbull, the son of a Connecticut lawyer who became governor of the colony, was born on June 6, 1756....

At the age of eight, John Trumbull wrote a burlesque of his mother's genealogy, a genealogy which his mother prized. According to Trumbull's later account, he "deserved and received a good box on the ears" for his actions. That burlesque reflects two...

Artists and historians since the mid nineteenth century have acknowledged John Trumbull as the United States' premier "patriot-artist" of the early national period and have recognized his artistic contributions to that era and to modern perceptions of...

There is no documentary evidence that John Trumbull painted, or even intended to paint, a scene depicting the burning of Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was torched by the British in June 1775, while the Battle of Bunker Hill was being fought less than a...

Reflecting on our nation's glorious and providential founding automatically brings to mind the images created by the brush of Connecticut's John Trumbull. Rightly viewed as the "Artist of the American Revolution," Trumbull was also a combat veteran of the conflict. His eight historical...