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Gift of James Hammond Trumbull, 1888.6.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
James Hammond Trumbull
Gift of James Hammond Trumbull, 1888.6.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

James Hammond Trumbull

PainterPainted by William Ruthven Wheeler American, 1832 - 1893
Date1879
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 27 × 22in. (68.6 × 55.9cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of James Hammond Trumbull
DescriptionPortrait of James Hammond Trumbull by William Ruthven Wheeler, showing the subject as a middle-aged man with black hair, a mustache, and a goatee. He is wearing a black suit and black bow tie, and a white shirt with a standing collar. His watch chain is fastened to his vest. The portrait is in a heavy gilt frame.
Object number1888.6.0
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of William P. Gwinn, 1971.50.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1874
    CHS collection,1973.128.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1884
    Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1950.1.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1868
    Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1950.1.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1868
    Bequeathed by Parker Curtin Risley, 1991.88.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, no kn…
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1866
    Gift of Mrs. Courtney Brown, 1974.19.3, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1888
    Gift of Roger P. Welles, 1974.93.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1882
    Gift of Roger P. Welles, 1974.93.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1882
    Gift of Ada Louise Taylor, 1956.63.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1865 or 1866
    Gift of Mrs. Dorothy R. Taylor from the estate of Carolyn B. Taylor, 1986.105.4, Connecticut Hi…
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1865
    CHS collection, 1973.128.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1884