| General George Washington at Trenton | |
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| Artist | John Trumbull |
| Year | 1792 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 235 cm × 160 cm (92 1/2 in × 63 in) |
| Location | Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut |
General George Washington at Trenton is a large full-length portrait in oil painted in 1792 by the American artist John Trumbull of General George Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, on the night of January 2, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. This is the night after the Battle of the Assunpink Creek, also known as the Second Battle of Trenton, and before the decisive victory at the Battle of Princeton the next day.[1] The artist considered this portrait "the best certainly of those which I painted."[2][3] The portrait is on view at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, an 1806 gift of the Society of the Cincinnati in Connecticut.[2] It was commissioned by the city of Charleston, South Carolina, but was rejected by the city, resulting in Trumbull painting another version.[3]
- ^ Cooper, Helen A. (2008). "General George Washington at Trenton". Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-0-300-12289-3.
- ^ a b Trumbull, John. "General George Washington at Trenton". Yale University Art Gallery.
- ^ a b Trumbull, John (1841). Autobiography, Reminiscences and Letters of John Trumbull, from 1756 to 1841. New York: Wiley and Putnam. pp. 166–67.
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