Colonel Joseph Trumbull
PainterAttributed to
John Trumbull
(American, 1756 - 1843)
SubjectPortrait of
Hon. Joseph Trumbull
(American, 1737 - 1778)
Dateabout 1778
MediumOil on canvas in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 51 1/2 × 40in. (130.8 × 101.6cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Pilgrim Hall Museum, 2019; original donor Walter Spooner, Esq., 1865
Object number1950.9.0
DescriptionPortrait of Joseph Trumbull painted by John Trumbull, in a style heavily influenced by John Singleton Copley's portrait of Joseph Hooper.
Joseph Trumbull is portrayed in middle age, and is seated in a chair at a small table. His left hand is resting on the back of the chair, and his right hand is tucked into his waistcoat. He is wearing a red coat, waistcoat, and breeches, and a white shirt with a ruffled white tie or other item of clothing, ruffled white cuffs, and white knee stockings. One of his shoes, with its gold-colored buckle, is just visible in the lower right. On the table there is a quill pen sitting in an inkwell, and a folded up piece of paper with writing on it.
NotesNote from object file: Portrait, attributed to John Trumbull, was painted posthumously. John Trumbull painted two portraits of his brother Joseph, both of them based on a portrait of Joseph Hooper of Marblehead, Massachusetts, by John Singleton Copley, which suggests that Trumbull's portraits may have been executed in Boston.Joseph Trumbull is portrayed in middle age, and is seated in a chair at a small table. His left hand is resting on the back of the chair, and his right hand is tucked into his waistcoat. He is wearing a red coat, waistcoat, and breeches, and a white shirt with a ruffled white tie or other item of clothing, ruffled white cuffs, and white knee stockings. One of his shoes, with its gold-colored buckle, is just visible in the lower right. On the table there is a quill pen sitting in an inkwell, and a folded up piece of paper with writing on it.
Status
Not on view
John Trumbull
William Blodget
1788-1822
