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John Trumbull and the Signing of the Declaration
A detailed biography traces John Trumbull’s life from Harvard student to painter of the Declaration of Independence scene. It covers his early travels to London and Paris, his collaborations with West and Jefferson, peril in Robespierre’s Paris, and his completion of four major canvases for the Capitol, ending with his later years and Yale’s care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
J. Bascom Parker
Rhode Island
Trumbull
Boston
Paris
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin West
London
West
Major Andre
America
Andre
Lord Germain
Tuthill Bridewell
West and
Copley
Jonathan Trumbull
Washington
Jonathan
United States
Uncle Sam
Harvard Eves
Bunker Hill
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Thomas Jefferson
France
Jefferson
New York
Richard Henry Lee
Francis Lewis
George Clinton
Lewis Morris
Roger Sher- Man
Philadelphia
New Hampshire
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
Robert Treat
Paine
Josiah Burtrett
Charleston
D. C
John Jay
England
Ana
Aeack
Stuttgart
Robespierre
Pinckney
Temple
Louis David
Robesti
David
Patie Rie Arey Seerbassador
John Randolph
Roanoke
Eves
Capitol
Respondence
Monticello
Chaillot
Gen. Burgoyne
Lord Cornwallis
Congress
Yale College
Yale
Islery