
George Washington before the Battle of Trenton
John TrumbullWW-1789-501219
Bequest of Grace Wilkes, 1922
Catalogue
- Year
- 1789
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 26 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (67.3 x 47 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- John Trumbull
Artist
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John Trumbull
John Trumbull was an American painter and military officer best known 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 that hang in the United States Capitol rotunda, is used on the reverse of the current United States two-dollar bill.
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- John Trumbull
- Year
- 1789
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 26 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (67.3 x 47 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1789-501219
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
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