Brigadier General John Glover
John Trumbull|John Glover|Henry Bryan Hall
19th century
Medium
Stipple engraving; proof before letters
Dimensions
sheet: 8 9/16 x 5 3/8 in. (21.8 x 13.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Accession Number
24.90.288
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
John Trumbull|John Glover|Henry Bryan Hall · 1756–1843
John Trumbull, born on June 6, 1756, in Lebanon, Connecticut, to prominent Puritan descendants, grew up in a politically influential family as the son of Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut's governor from 1769 to 1784, and Faith Robinson Trumbull. His brothers included Joseph, the Continental Army's first commissary general, and Jonathan Jr., Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. A childhood a...