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If you were President James Madison, and you wanted four monumental paintings depicting major moments in the American Revolution, which moments would you choose? Madison and Trumbull chose the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, the Declaration of Independence, and the resignation of Washington. Here we're looking at John Trumbull's painting "The Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776." This is one of the icons of the history of American art but possibly the highlight of the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, which was founded by John Trumbull in 1832. John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence by Dr. Bryan Zygmont Artwork Details John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1786–1820, oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 31 inches / 53 x 78.7 cm (Yale University Art Gallery) John Dunlap, official printer to the Continental Congress, produced the first printed versions of the American Declaration of Independence in his Philadelphia shop on the night of July 4, 1776. John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, 1826 John Trumbull was born in 1756 in Lebanon, Connecticut, and graduated from Harvard College in 1773. He served with the Connecticut First Regiment in the early months of the American Revolution. Trumbull began his painting career in 1777 as the war continued, and went to England to study briefly with the renowned artist Benjamin West in 1780 Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. What to know: In his historical paintings, John Trumbull (1756-1843) chronicled the main characters and moments of the American Revolution. With “The Declaration of Independence,” Trumbull memorialized the faces of America’s founders. While the committee who wrote the draft is foregrounded (including Thomas Jefferson, who hands the document to John Hancock), Trumbull depicts in life-like While Trumbull titled the painting The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, the presentation of the first draft actually occurred on June 28, 1776, while the Declaration itself was finally signed on August 2, 1776. John Trumbull (1756-1843) was born in the Colony of Connecticut, where his father was the Crown-appointed Governor and the only Royal Governor to support Independence for the Colonies. Using his family’s close ties to England, Trumbull studied and worked in the London studio of the British portraitist Benjamin West. Learn more about the Declaration of Independence painting by John Trumbull on display in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building. The painting features the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence — John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson (presenting the document), and Benjamin Franklin — standing before John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress. John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot oil-on-canvas painting in the United States Capitol Rotunda that depicts the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull, 1819 Art and Artistry The Capitol is more than a building. It's a showcase for American ideals. B. Henry Latrobe commissioned a figure of Liberty and a magnificent clock for the House Chamber, and Justice, a relief in the Supreme Court. Trumbull himself called this painting The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. However, this is inaccurate; this painting depicts not the signing of the document, but instead the presentation of a draft of it to Congress on 28 June 1776. It is “Declaration of Independence” and was meant by Trumbull “to preserve the resemblance of the men who were the authors of this memorable act.” Actually, it was on July 2d that the Congress declared the Colonies to be independent, and on July 4th the form only of that Declaration was determined. BY IRMA B. JAFFE HE RECENT INVASIONS of John Trumbull's The Declaration of Independence have left some pockets of resistance.1 We must now look into the problem of the Key, and also settle the question of the dating of the Yale painting (Fig. 1). The first painting that Trumbull completed for the Rotunda shows the presentation of the Declaration of Independence in what is now called Independence Hall, Philadelphia. The painting features the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence — John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson (presenting the document), and Benjamin Franklin — standing before John John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1818 (placed 1826), oil on canvas, 12′ x 18′ (Rotunda, U.S. Capitol) The painting that resulted from this collaboration between artist and politician has become one of the most famous images in the history of American art. John Trumbull began The Declaration of Independence in Paris, probably at the suggestion of Thomas Jefferson, who provided a firsthand account of the event. In consultation with Jefferson, Trumbull portrayed the moment when the appointed committee submitted Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration for the Continental Congress’s consideration. The artwork, titled “Declaration of Independence,” was crafted by the artist John Trumbull between 1817 and 1819. Executed in oil, it falls within the Neoclassicism art movement and measures 365.76 by 548.64 centimeters. This history painting is currently housed in the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, US. The artwork portrays the momentous event of the drafting and presentation of
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