General Arthur St. Clair
John Trumbull
1790
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
4 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (12.4 x 9.5 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Robert W. de Forest, 1906
Accession Number
06.1346.3
Tags
MenPortraitsGenerals
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...