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Definition of John Trumbull

1. Noun. American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843).

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Literary usage of John Trumbull

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854)
"... going as far as a million, in the latitude to be given to Mr. King in the negotiation, I will agree to it.1 TO John Trumbull. Quincy, 12 August, 1800. ..."

2. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"THE SATIRICAL MASTERPIECE OF John Trumbull: 1775. I.—John Trumbull in 1773 abandons letters for the law—Enters the law office of John Adams in Boston—His ..."

3. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap, Frank William Bayley, Charles Eliot Goodspeed (1918)
"CHAPTER H. John Trumbull. IT will be seen, by the following pages, that this gentleman ... John Trumbull (the subject of the narrative) was born in Lebanon, ..."

4. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical ...by James Herring, James Barton Longacre by James Herring, James Barton Longacre (1854)
"John Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, on the 6th of June, 1756. He was the youngest son of the first Governor Trumbull; his mother's maiden name ..."

5. Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800 by William B. Cairns (1909)
"John Trumbull [John Trumbull was perhaps the most representative of the ... John Trumbull may be taken as a type of this class. He was born in 1750, ..."

6. Life of George Washington by Washington Irving (1859)
"NOT long after Washington's return from his eastern tour, Colonel John Trumbull, his aide-de-camp in former days, now an historical painter of eminence, ..."

7. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"Autobiography, Reminiscences, and Letters of John Trumbull. New York. John Trumbull not only figured in America during the war of Independence, but composed ..."

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