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Surrender Of Cornwallis At Yorktown (1)

1787
oil on canvas
13 7/8 x 21 in. (35.2 x 53.3 cm) Framed : 16 7/8 x 23 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

Trumbull, John Unrated
The Death Of General Warren At The Battle Of Bunker's Hill, 17 June, 1775

after 1815–before 1831
oil on canvas
50.16 x 75.56 cm (19 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

Trumbull, John Unrated
The Declaration Of Independence, 4 July 1776

1786–1820
Oil on canvas
20 7/8 x 31 in. (53 x 78.7 cm)

Yale University Art Gallery

New Haven, CT

Trumbull, Johnnotes
The Declaration of Independence was begun in Paris, most probably at the suggestion of Thomas Jefferson, chief author of the document, who provided Trumbull with a first-hand account of the event in the Assembly Room in Independence Hall where Congress had met. Trumbull combined a desire for historical authenticity with a mission to commemorate a...
Unrated
The Sortie From Gibraltar

1788
oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm)

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati, OH

Trumbull, John Unrated
The Death Of General Montgomery In The Attack Of Quebec Decr. 1775

1798
Oil
67.8 x 100 cm

McCord Museum

Montreal, QC

Trumbull, John Unrated
Surrender Of Cornwallis At Yorktown (2)

1797
oil on canvas
35.2 x 55.3 cm (13.9 x 21.8 in)

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Trumbull, John Unrated
Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York

1822
Oil on canvas
365.76 cm by 548.64 cm (144.00 in by 216.00 in)

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Trumbull, Johnnotes
The scene of the surrender of the British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga, on October 17, 1777, was a turning point in the American Revolutionary War that prevented the British from dividing New England from the rest of the colonies. The central figure is the American General Horatio Gates, who refused to take the sword offered by General Burgoyne,...
Unrated
The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton January 3 1777

circa 1789-1831
Oil on canvas
20 1/8 in. x 29 7/8 in.

Yale University Art Gallery

New Haven, CT

Trumbull, John Unrated
Horatio Gates

ca. 1793–94
oil on canvas
44 1/4 x 35 7/8 in. (112.4 x 91.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

Stuart, Gilbertnotes
Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727 – April 10, 1806) was a retired British soldier who served as an American general during the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga (a matter of contemporary and historical controversy), and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden. Gates has been...
Unrated
Washington At Dorchester Heights

1806
Oil on panel
274.95 x 180.34 cm (108 1/4 x 71 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

Stuart, Gilbert Unrated
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