John Trumbull: a Founding Father of American Art
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Fordham University Press
- Publish date: 07/01/2001
Description:
The John Trumbull drawings, part of Fordham University Libraries, Charles Allen Munn Collection of Early Americana, are treasures that have been exhibited at Fordham only once, in 1943, the year they were acquired from Augusta Munn Tilney. In addition to the 38 Trumbull drawings, the collection includes 58 letters, diaries and other papers of Washington, Penn, Franklin, Revere, Lafayette and others of the Revolutionary period. Some of the drawings were exhibited at The Free Library of Jersey City in 1956 and at Yale University in 1982. John Trumbull: A Founding Father of American Art is the first reproduction of all of the drawings in one publication.
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The scholar who has produced the most important work on the drawings is Irma Jaffe, now professor emerita of art history at Fordham University. She is responsible for two distinguished books about Trumbull: John Trumbull, Patriot-Artist of the American Revolution and John Trumbull: The Declaration of Independence. She has also written 12 articles on Trumbull in various art journals.
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