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Author
John Trumbull (1756–1843) wikidata:Q369263
John Trumbull
Description American painter and architect
Date of birth/death 6 June 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 10 November 1843 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lebanon Category:New York
Work location
New York, London
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q369263
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Detail of a painting by John Trumbull , Surrender of Lord Cornwallis , showing (from left to right) Colonels Alexander Hamilton , Walter Stewart , and John Laurens .
  • Medium: oil on canvas
    medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
  • Dimensions: height: 12 ft (365.7 cm); width: 18 ft (548.6 cm)
    dimensions QS:P2048,12U3710
    dimensions QS:P2049,18U3710
  • Gallery: Rotunda of the US Capitol
  • Location: Washington D.C.
  • Note: The United States government commissioned Trumbull to paint patriotic paintings, including this piece, for them in 1817, paying for the piece in 1820.
Date 1820, placed 1826
Source/Photographer

Original: http://www.aoc.gov/cc/photo-gallery/ptgs_rotunda.cfm

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