Trumbull Colonel John (2 results)

8vo (210 x 135 mm), 32pp., original blue printed wrappers, some light chipping and staining, corners a little dog-eared, the 3 items housed in a custom-made folding portfolio. "John Trumbull (1756-1843) is known for his portraits and history paintings of the leaders and events of the American Revolution. Born in 1756 in Lebanon, Connecticut, he graduated from Harvard College in 1773 and served with the Connecticut First Regiment in the early months of the revolution. He began his painting career in 1777. He went to England to study briefly with Benjamin West in 1780, returning in 1784 for a longer period In 1794 he accepted an offer from John Jay to serve as secretary with the Jay Treaty Commission in London. He resumed his painting career in England in 1800, the year he married Sarah Hope Harvey. He returned to the United States in 1804 In 1817 he received a commission for four large history paintings for the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington. That same year he was elected President of the American Academy of the Fine Arts, which under his strict guidance came in the 1820's to represent an older, more traditional group of artists. He completed the Capitol pictures in 1824. When he failed to receive further federal commissions, he turned again to portraiture. In difficult financial straits, he offered his painting collection to Yale College in return for an annuity. The offer was accepted in 1831 and the Trumbull Gallery opened the following year."National Gallery of Art. [First item] Lugt, 5535; ESTC gives four locations: BL, Birmingham, Oxford and Library Company of Philadelphia; [Second item] Lugt, 8202; Not listed by JISC, OCLC locates 3 copies: V&A, Frick Art Reference Library (New York) & Getty Library.…

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