Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740–1809), LL.D. 1797

1792

On view, 2nd floor, American Art before 1900

John Trumbull’s brother, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., served as military secretary to George Washington at the surrender at Yorktown. After serving in the Connecticut legislature, the first three congresses under the new U.S. Constitution, and the Senate, he became lieutenant governor of Connecticut, and then, upon the death of Governor Oliver Wolcott, chief executive of the state. Trumbull painted this likeness of his brother in Philadelphia during Jonathan's second term as a representative to Congress, where he served as speaker of the house in 1791–92.

Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 4 × 3 1/8 in. (10.2 × 7.9 cm)
Credit Line: Trumbull Collection
Accession Number: 1832.65
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Miniatures
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Bibliography

Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 105, no. 47, ill

Helen A. Cooper et al., John Trumbull: The Hand and Spirit of a Painter (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982), 145, pl. 91-95

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

miniatures (paintings), portraits

Subject

Federalist Party governors men politicians

Signed

Signed verso: "Jonathan Trumbull Esqr./Representative in the/Congress of the United/States of America from/the State of Connecticut/& present at the inau-/guration of the first/President./Painted by his brother/J. Trumbull at/Phila. 1792"

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