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John Trumbull

1833
Not on view
This is one of nineteen prints that Durand engraved for Herring and Longacre's "National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans," published in 1835, the image based on a painting by Waldo & Jewett, made for the Trumbull Gallery Yale College in New Haven. Trumbull was a close friend of Durand's and his first important patron.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: John Trumbull
  • Series/Portfolio: National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, 1835
  • Artist: Asher Brown Durand (American, Jefferson, New Jersey 1796–1886 Maplewood, New Jersey)
  • Artist: After Samuel Lovett Waldo (American, Windham, Connecticut 1783–1861 New York)
  • Artist: After William Jewett (1792–1874)
  • Publisher: James Herring (American, 1794–1867)
  • Sitter: John Trumbull (American, Lebanon, Connecticut 1756–1843 New York)
  • Date: 1833
  • Medium: Engraving; fourth state of four
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (22.5 x 16.5 cm)
    Sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (27.3 x 18.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.756-496
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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