The past few day included Veterans Day ( Monday ) and the day of remembrance of John Trumbull ’s death ( Saturday ) . In honor of both , let ’s take a look at Trumbull ’s 1820 painting , " Surrender of Lord Cornwallis , " which celebrated the death of the Revolutionary War .
1 . John Trumbull ’s artistic accomplishment are impressive , especially since , as a shaver , the artist mislay the use of one of his heart .
2 . Lord Cornwallis claimed nausea and did not attend the surrender ceremonial , though many believe he only feign unwellness because he was so disquieted at the loss . Whatever his reason , his 2nd - in - command , Gen. O’Hara ( on fundament , center ) , handed over the steel of surrender instead . George Washington , meanwhile , had try of Cornwallis ' program , and chose to send his own second - in - command , Gen. Lincoln ( on knight , center ) , to pick up the sword . Although Washington was not present at the ceremonial , Trumbull depicted him ( on the right , on the brown horse ) anyway .
3 . The internal representation of Gen. O’Hara on foot next to a mount Gen. Lincoln is historically inaccurate and was actually accidental . Trumbull had originally included a climb Cornwallis in the house painting , but change the figure to be Gen. Lincoln , with Gen. O’Hara on foot next to him , when people pointed out that the word picture of Cornwallis was faulty .
4 . There are more mounted soldiers , include Trumbull himself , than there are horses beneath the soldiers .
5 . Trumbull was president of the American Academy of Fine Arts for nine years , but his despotic behaviour led the scholarly person to arise against him and found the National Academy of Design .
6 . Although Trumbull calibrate from Harvard in 1773 , he sold his personal ingathering to Yale University and was after buried , with his wife , beneath the Art Gallery create to house his compendium .
( A much larger version of the painting isavailable on Wikipedia . )
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