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Self portrait Samuel Waldo Lovett

Samuel Waldo Born – Today in History: April 6

April 6, 2022 • Revolution and the New Nation 1754-1820s, Hide Featured Image, John Trumbull, Arts, Hartford, Windham

Samuel Lovett Waldo was an early 19th-century portrait artist who worked among such famous colleagues as John Trumbull, Benjamin West, and John Singleton Copley.

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Pastoral Picture by Faith Trumbull

Faith Trumbull: The Artist Was a Young Girl

March 18, 2022 • John Trumbull, Jonathan Trumbull, Arts, Education, Women, Lebanon

Her younger brother may be the better-known artist today, but it was her accomplished needlework pictures that inspired his youthful imagination.

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Trumbull Gallery

Yale University Art Gallery – Today in History: October 25

October 25, 2021 • John Trumbull, Architecture, Arts, New Haven

Also known as the Picture Gallery, the Trumbull Gallery holds the distinction of being the first art museum at an educational institution in the United States.

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Sarah Trumbull with a Spaniel by John Trumbull

American Painter John Trumbull Born – Today in History: June 6

June 6, 2012 • John Trumbull, Jonathan Trumbull, Arts, Lebanon

On June 6, 1756, John Trumbull, painter, architect, and author, was born in Lebanon.

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