Hugo Claus
Belgian author (1929-2008)
John Trumbull
American artist (1756-1843)
John Trumbullwas an American painter and military officer best known for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran. He has been called the “Painter of the Revolution”.
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About the John Trumbull
John Trumbullwas an American painter and military officer best known for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran. He has been called the “Painter of the Revolution”. Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence (1817), one of his four paintings that hang in the United States Capitol rotunda, is used on the reverse of the current United States two-dollar bill.
3 Quotes by John Trumbull
- 1.
No man e’er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law.
John TrumbullAmerican artist (1756-1843)
- 2.
As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?
John TrumbullAmerican artist (1756-1843)
- 3.
But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.
John TrumbullAmerican artist (1756-1843)