In an 1841 watercolor-and-ink drawing, John James Trumbull Arnold, an itinerant artist who roamed Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania in pursuit of commissions, portrayed himself with a quill in ...

T his John Trumbull painting is often billed as “ Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776,” so it’s no surprise that many people think it depicts the signing of the Declaration of ...

"Catalogue of paintings, by Colonel Trumbull; including eight subjects of the American Revolution, with near two hundred and fifty portraits of persons distinguished in that important period. Painted ...

Then he returned to sketch Adams and 36 out of the 48 delegates to preserve their likenesses for history. Trumbull insisted on the portraits being drawn “from life” for authenticity and worked on the ...