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Gibson, ib.; Landscape, Q. A. Shaw, Boston; do., Boston Museum; and many others. Sales: The Bridge (16,000 francs, Everard sale, 1881); The Pond (31,500 francs, Wilson sale, 1881); Shepherd and his Flock (25,500 francs, ib.); A Pasture (40,600 francs, ib.); Drinking-Place (80,000 francs, Narischkine sale, 1883); Way to Market (42,500 francs, ib.). At the Morgan sale, New York, 1886, were sold: Return from the Farm (1852), $6,550; Cow chased by Dog, $9,100; Cattle and Horses, $1,050; Coast near Villiers, $8,100; The Pasture, $7,100, Knoedler & Co.; Going to the Fair, $2,550; Pasturage in Normandy, $6,350, Mr. Kimball, Boston.—Bellier, ii. 598; Ch. Blanc, Artistes de mon Temps, 313; Hamerton, French Painters, 46; Meyer, Gesch., 757; Larousse; Leclercq, Caractères, 195.
TRUMBULL, GURDON, born at Stonington,
Conn., in 1841. Landscape painter,
pupil of F. S. Jewett in Hartford, and of
James Hart in New York. He is noted for
his paintings of fish. Studio in Hartford.
Works: Plunge for Life, Over the Falls
(1874); Critical Moment (1876); Moorish
Watch-Tower on the Coast of Spain.
TRUMBULL, JOHN, born at Lebanon,
Conn., June 6,
1756, died in New
York, Nov. 10,
1843. History
and portrait
painter; served in
the War of Independence
in 1775
as aide-de-camp to
Washington, and
in 1776 as deputy
adjutant-general
under Gates; retired from service in 1777
with rank of colonel. Went to London in
1780 to study under Benjamin West, but
was imprisoned eight months, and returned
home in 1782; went again on the conclusion
of peace and resumed his studies. His
Battle of Bunker Hill (1786, engraved by J.
G. Müller) was the first of a series of historical
works illustrating the War of the
Revolution. It was followed by the Death
of Montgomery (engraved by F. Clemens),
and the Sortie from Gibraltar (engraved by
Sharpe). Returned to America in 1789, accompanied
Mr. Jay to England in 1794 as
secretary of legation, and was engaged several
years in diplomatic work; painted in
England in 1808-15, and was engaged in
1817-24 in painting four pictures (H. 12
ft. × 18 ft.) for the rotunda of the Capitol
at Washington, for which he received $32,000.
Trumbull was president of the Academy
of Fine Arts in New York from 1816
to 1825. Most of his pictures (54) are in
the Art Gallery of Yale College. Works:
Declaration of Independence, Surrender of
Burgoyne, Surrender of Cornwallis, Resignation
of Washington at Annapolis, Capitol,
Washington; original sketches of these,
Battle of Bunker Hill, Death of Montgomery
(1781), Battle of Princeton, Battle of
Trenton, Death of General Mercer, portraits
of Washington (1792), do. (1793), Hamilton
(1792), Governor Trumbull, Rufus
King (1800), Duke of Buckingham, Duke
of Wellington, and others, Yale College
Art Gallery.—Amer. Art Rev. (1881), 181,
221.
TRUPHÈME, AUGUSTE JOSEPH, born
at Aix (Bouches-du-Rhône), Jan. 23, 1836.
Genre painter; pupil of S. Cornu, H. Flandrin,
and Henner. Medal, 3d class, 1884.
Works: Education of Daphne (1865);
Young Christian Martyr (1874), C. Hayem;
Fawn frightened by a Viper (1875), F. Caire;
Marguerite's First Step (1879); Pupils of
Communal School at Châtillon-sous-Bagneux
exercising with the Chassepot (1880);
Ploughing at Châtillon (1881); Wedding at
Châtillon (1882); Manual Labor in School
(1883); Singing Lesson in Public School
(1884); Cutting and Sewing at Girls' School
(1885); Breakfast in Public School (1886).—Bellier,
ii. 600.
TRUTH (La Vérité), Jules Joseph Lefèbvre,
Luxembourg Museum, Paris; canvas,
H. 8 ft. 7 in. × 3 ft. 8 in. A female figure,