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Pages in category "Paintings about the American Revolution" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... George Washington (Trumbull, 1790)
The painting was a gift from Trumbull to the president's wife, Martha Washington, and is now owned by the Winterthur Museum. Trumbull next received a commission from the City of New York and painted a much larger version, George Washington , with a new background, Evacuation Day of New York City, November 25, 1783, the return of Washington and ...
George Washington (also known as Washington and the Departure of the British Garrison from New York City) is a large full-length oil painting by American artist John Trumbull in 1790. Trumbull's earlier 1790 work, Washington at Verplanck's Point , which he had gifted to Washington's wife Martha, had been very well received.
The painting depicts the events of the night 26 November 1781, when the British Army garrison in Gibraltar made a sudden sortie against Spanish artillery batteries during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. [4] The death of Spanish Army officer José de Barboza is the focal point of the painting. [4]
George Washington, also entitled George Washington and William Lee, is a full-length portrait in oil painted in 1780 by the American artist John Trumbull during the American Revolutionary War. [1] General George Washington stands near his enslaved servant William Lee , overlooking the Hudson River in New York , with West Point and ships in the ...
Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, military officer, scientist, and naturalist.. In 1775, inspired by the American Revolution, Peale moved from his native Maryland to Philadelphia, where he set up a painting studio and joined the Sons of Liberty.
West, himself famous for such paintings as The Death of General Wolfe, suggested that Trumbull paint great events of the American Revolution. The first was The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775, started in the fall of 1785 and finished early in 1786. The second was this painting, which was finished in June 1786.
It was noted by historian Justin Winsor as the best engraving of Trumbull's paintings and was used as the basis for several other engravings. [11] [12] [13] In 1845, William Warner Jr. engraved Gen. Washington. [14] Illman & Sons engraved a version George Washington - On the Great Occasion of our Presidential Election in 1858. [15]