John Brooks (1752–1825), M.A. (Hon.) 1781 Yale University Art Gallery

1790

On view, 2nd floor, American Art before 1900

This portrait of John Brooks is part of a set of miniatures of Revolutionary War military officers painted by John Trumbull in preparation for several history paintings. Brooks left his medical practice to fight as captain of the Reading Minutemen at the Battle of Concord. At Saratoga, New York, he commanded the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment as a lieutenant colonel. In Trumbull's painting The Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga (1832.7), Brooks stands to the right of center, resting his hand on a cannon. After the war, he resumed his medical career and became a leading physician. Trumbull painted Brooks's likeness for this miniature in Boston.

Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 3 7/8 × 3 1/8 in. (9.8 × 7.9 cm)
Credit Line: Trumbull Collection
Accession Number: 1832.29
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Miniatures
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

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), 98, no. 40, ill.

Helen A. Cooper et al., John Trumbull: The Hand and Spirit of a Painter (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982), 127, pl. 46-50

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

miniatures (paintings), portraits

Subject

physicians politicians

Signed

Signed verso: "John Brooks, Esqr./Colonel of a Regiment in/[-] American Service [-]/during the War of their/independence-and present/at the capture of General/Burgoyne. Painted by J. Trumbull/at Boston - Octr. 1790"

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