Disposition list for engravings of "The Sortie Made by the Garrison at Gibraltar"
John Trumbull
March 12, 1799
Medium
Ink on tan paper
Dimensions
4 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (10.8 x 20 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Marvin Sadik, 2001
Accession Number
2001.155.2
About the Artist
John Trumbull · 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...