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John Trumbull: Painting the Revolution

In an age before photography, America was fortunate to have a painter of the skill of John Trumbull to give us a visual narrative of those stirring days and portraits of so many of the participants.  A veteran of the American Revolution, serving as an aide to George Washington and deputy adjutant general to Horation Gates, Trumbull painted with one eye, having lost sight in the other as a result of a childhood accident.

Some of the more notable paintings of Trumbull are:

Trumbull allowed future generations of Americans to visualize these scenes of the birth of their nation.  Of course, the man was not without his critics:

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Kurt
Kurt
Tuesday, May 24, AD 2011 12:39pm

great post!

Kurt
Kurt
Tuesday, May 24, AD 2011 2:57pm

The miniseries was fantastic. I watched it all.

And I walk by the Trumbull painting frequently. It is impossible not to pause and reflect on it, even if it be ahistorical.

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