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Trumbull the Painter of America's Revolutionary Epic
The article traces John Trumbull's life from Harvard student to Revolutionary aide and final fame as the painter of pivotal scenes. It covers his battles to study in Europe, his portraits of Washington and key patriots, and his masterworks like the Signing of the Declaration of Independence and other Capitol Rotunda canvases.
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Centerville
J. Bascom Parker
Rhode Island
Trumbull
Boston
Paris
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin West
London
West
Andre
America
Lord Germain
George Washington
Tuthill Bridewell
Copley
Washington
Rotunda
Capitol
John Trumbull
Bunker Hill
Montgomery
Quebec
Princeton
Burgoyne
Saratoga
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Jonathan
Jonathan Trumbull
Connecticut
United States
Sam
Harvard College
John Singleton Copley
Harvard
Roxbury
Cambridge
General Gates
Gates
Ticonderoga
Joshua Reynolds
Jefferson
New York
Richard Henry Lee
Francis Lewis
George Clinton
Lewis Morris
Roger Sherman
Philadelphia
England
Europe
Stuttgart
Robespierre
France
Pinckney
Temple
Louis David
David
Londo
Colo. Taimbull
James, Monroe, Bee
Monticello
Rhe
Chaillot
Gen. Burgoyne
Lord Cornwallis
Gen. Washington
Congress
Yale College
Yale Art Gallery
Trenton