Who painted “Surrender of General Burgoyne”?

“Surrender of General Burgoyne” was painted by John Trumbull in 1821. Where to see it: United States Capitol rotunda.

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Romanticism: Neoclassicism is cool and linear; Romanticism is turbulent and colourful. Realism, which followed, replaced drama with ordinary life.

John Trumbull (June 6, 1756 – November 10, 1843) was an American painter and military officer best known for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran. Wikipedia

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“Surrender of Lord Cornwallis”, 1819
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“The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775”, 1786
“General George Washington Resigning His Commission”, 1824
“General George Washington at Trenton”, 1792
“The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776”, 1786