. Art and artists of our time. e Surrender of Lord Cornwallis were Trumbulls next important pictures,and he took great pains in procuring the portraits for them. In 1787 he had visited Paris,where Jefferson was then living as minister to France, and here Trumbull painted his por-trait. At the same time he had sittings from the French officers who had been present atthe surrender of Cornwallis. In 1789 he returned to America and busied himself with col-lecting the portraits of all the persons who were assembled at the signing of the Declarationof Independence. John Adams he had already painted
. Art and artists of our time. e Surrender of Lord Cornwallis were Trumbulls next important pictures,and he took great pains in procuring the portraits for them. In 1787 he had visited Paris,where Jefferson was then living as minister to France, and here Trumbull painted his por-trait. At the same time he had sittings from the French officers who had been present atthe surrender of Cornwallis. In 1789 he returned to America and busied himself with col-lecting the portraits of all the persons who were assembled at the signing of the Declarationof Independence. John Adams he had already painted in London, and Jefferson and Frank-lin in Paris. The result of all these studies forms for Americans an invaluable treasury ofportraits of the men to whom we are indebted for the establishment of our government; por- ART AND ARTISTS OF OUR TIME. 185 traits, so beautifully painted as to make them a delightful possession apart from theiraccuracy as likenesses and their faithfulness in all details of dress, civil and military. As. ROSALIE. FROM THE PAINTING BY WASHINGTON ALLSTON. BY PERMISSION OF NATHAN APPLETON. ESQ. we have said already, Trumbull might well be content to rest his claun to be remembered on these miniatures alone. in 186 ART AND ARTISTS OF OUR TIME. In the course of the year 1790 Washington sat to Trumbull no less than beven Tuckerman, in his Character and Portraits of Washington, says that no artist enjoyedthe opportunities of Colonel Trumbull as the portrayer of Washington, and he proceeds toshow how long continued and intimate were his relations with his great countryman. Thismakes us the more regret that he should have left behind him pictures of Washington sounsatisfactory, whether we consider them as portraits or as paintings. In 1790 he made theportrait of Washington which now hangs in the Mayors room in the City Hall, New York,and in 1792 he painted the one that is in the gallery at Few Haven, where it is surroundedby the collection of pictures,
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