Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution

by Richard Brookhiser

The complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America's founding moment

John Trumbull (1756-1843) experienced the American Revolution firsthand--he served as aid to George Washington and Horatio Gates, was shot at, and was jailed as a spy. He made it his mission to record the war, giving visual form to what most citizens of the new United States thought:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300259700
• ISBN13: 9780300259704
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 276 Pages