The Poet John Trumbull (1750–1831)
Medium
Engraving; proof before letters
Dimensions
image: 3 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. (9.9 x 8 cm) sheet: 9 5/16 x 6 7/16 in. (23.7 x 16.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Frederic F. Durand, 1930
Accession Number
30.15.7
Tags
About the Artist
John Trumbull|Peter Maverick|P. Maverick, Durand & Co. · 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...