What is John Trumbull?
{{Infobox artist | name = John Trumbull | image = Self Portrait by John Trumbull circa 1802.jpeg | imagesize = | caption = Self-portrait, {{circa|1802}} | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1756|6|6}} | birth_place = [[Lebanon, Connecticut|Lebanon]], [[Connecticut Colony|Colony of Connecticut]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1843|11|10|1756|6|6}} | death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | nationality = American | field = [[Painting]] | training = with [[Benjamin West]] | movement = | works = ''[[Declaration of Independence (Trumbull)|Declaration of Independence]]'' (painted 1817–1819) | patrons = | awards = }} '''John Trumbull''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|r|ʌ|m|b|əl}}; June 6, 1756{{snd}}November 10, 1843) was an American [[artist]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. He created many [[historical painting]]s. He has been called '''The Painter of the Revolution'''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Johnston|first1=Elizabeth Bryant|title=Original Portraits of Washington, including Statues, Monuments and Medals |chapter=John Trumbull|date=1882|page=66|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/originalportrait00john#page/66/mode/1up|oclc=3303313}}</ref> Trumbull's ''[[Declaration of Independence (Trumbull)|Declaration of Independence]]'' (1817), one of his four paintings which hang in the [[United States Capitol Rotunda]], was used on the reverse the [[United States two-dollar bill|two-dollar bill]]. ==Early life== Trumbull was born in [[Lebanon, Connecticut]], in 1756. His father was [[Jonathan Trumbull]], and his mother was Faith (née Robinson) Trumbull. His father was the [[Governor of Connecticut]] from 1769 to 1784. The young Trumbull entered the 1771 junior class at [[Harvard College]] at age fifteen. He graduated in 1773. Due to a childhood accident, Trumbull lost use of one eye. This may have influenced his detailed painting style.<ref name=time1956>{{Cite magazine |title=Gent