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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 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'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. 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.Title Declaration of Independence Names Trumbull, John, 1756-1843, artist Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant Detroit Publishing Co., publisher Created / Published c [between 1900 and 1912] Headings - United States.--Declaration of Independence - Capitols - Interiors - Legislative bodies - United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Headings Conjectural 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. Jefferson supported the creation John Trumbull's masterpiece, "The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4th, 1776," and displayed a copy of it at Monticello Khan Academy Khan Academy Declaration of Independence balances the last of Trumbull’s Rotunda paintings, General George Washington Resigning His Commission. The two paintings are similar in composition, with figures seated and standing in the background. 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. 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. 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. The painting includes portraits of 42 of the 56 signers and 5 other patriots. 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. Declaration of Independence (1818) This twelve-by-eighteen-foot painting by John Trumbull, entitled Declaration of Independence, depicts the presentation of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress on June 28, 1776. 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. 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. 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. 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) 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). English: John Trumbull 's painting, Declaration of Independence, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. The painting can be found on the back of the U.S. $2 bill. The original hangs in the US Capitol rotunda. 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.
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