John Trumbull

American, 1756 - 1843

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American artist (1756–1843)

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Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned, clean-shaven man wearing black looks off to our left against a dark brown background in this vertical portrait painting. His shoulders are angled to our left and he gazes off with steady, dark eyes. He has low, dark brows, a bumped nose, a strong jaw, a pointed chin, and his lips curl in a slight smile. His gray hair is brushed back from his forehead and gathered loosely at the nape of his neck. The sideburn we can see is a row of gray curls angling down over the ear. A cream-white ascot is tied in a bow around his neck and tucked into the collar of his black coat. His left arm, closer to us, is by his side and his other arm is held out so it angles into the lower left corner. Light from our left creates an amber glow around his face on the otherwise dark background.
John Trumbull, Alexander Hamilton, c. 1806, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1940.1.8

Alexander Hamilton

John Trumbull · c. 1806 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1940.1.8

John Trumbull, William Rogers, 1804/1808, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1947.17.13

William Rogers

John Trumbull · 1804/1808 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.13

Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned man wearing a coat and cravat looks off to our left with his chin tipped slightly up in this vertical portrait painting. The man’s shoulders and chest face us, but he turns to the left to look off in that direction with blue eyes under straight brows that angle up toward the center. He has a straight nose, rosy cheeks, full, bow-shaped lips, and a double chin. His wavy gray hair is brushed back from his high forehead and falls to his ears. His ivory-white ascot has a lacy border and is tied snugly around his neck with a bow in front. It is tucked into the high collar of his camel-brown jacket. His right arm, on our left, angles away from his body while the other is close to his side. He is warmly lit from the front set against a dark brown background.
John Trumbull, Alexander Hamilton, c. 1792, oil on canvas, Gift of the Avalon Foundation, 1952.1.1

Alexander Hamilton

John Trumbull · c. 1792 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1952.1.1

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The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar

John Trumbull · 1787 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.136.100

John Trumbull, Patrick Tracy, 1784/1786, oil on canvas, Gift of Patrick T. Jackson, 1964.15.1

Patrick Tracy

John Trumbull · 1784/1786 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1964.15.1

Bibliography

1967

  • Sizer 1967.

1975

  • Jaffe, Irma B. John Trumbull: Patriot-Artist of the American Revolution. Boston, 1975.

1982

  • Prown, Jules David. "John Trumbull as History Painter." In Cooper, Helen A., ed. John Trumbull; the Hand and Spirit of a Painter. Exh. cat. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1982: 22-41.

  • Rodriquez Roque, Oswaldo. "Trumbull's Portraits." In Cooper, Helen A., ed. John Trumbull; the Hand and Spirit of a Painter. Exh. cat. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1982: 94-105.

1995

  • Miles, Ellen G. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 298-299.