10 Most Iconic American Revolution Paintings
Paintings are our best visual reference of what the American Revolution was like, for those who lived through it. They offer a glimpse into what people wore, how battles were…
Paintings
Learn more about some of the most famous American Revolution paintings and the cultural impact they had.
The Vaughan Portrait & Copies | Paintings by Gilbert Stuart
Named for Samuel Vaughan, an American merchant living in London, who was the recipient of the original painting. Gilbert Stuart made 12 to 16 copies of the Vaughan painting and…
Congress Voting Independence | Painting By Robert Edge Pine
Robert Edge Pine died in November 1788, leaving a large debt and an unfinished painting on the vote by the Second Continental Congress to declare independence. Edward Savage, an American…
Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth by Emanuel Leutze
Leutze painted “Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth” about a year after he painted Washington Crossing the Delaware to which it is comparable in size – about 23 feet by…
All About The Surrender of Burgoyne Painting by John Trumbull
Jump to key figures in this painting. This painting represents General Burgoyne on October 16, 1777, attended by General Phillips, and followed by other officers, arriving at the field tent…
All About The Declaration of Independence Painting by John Trumbull
Jump to key figures in this painting. The most frequent historical criticism of this painting is that it depicts a scene that never took place. To understand, we need to…
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis | Painting by John Trumbull
Jump to key figures in this painting. The first impression most people get when they view this work is that the white flag on the viewer’s left is a flag…
Gilbert Stuart’s Many Portraits of George Washington
Altogether, Stuart painted Washington a total of three times, and yet there are literally scores, perhaps hundreds, of genuine, original Stuart portraits of him, and probably ten times that number…
All About the Spirit of ’76 Painting by Archibald Willard
Despite the near universality of this image as synonymous with Americanism and its instantaneous recognition in the iconography of the Revolution, the world of art has never considered it to…
Washington Crossing the Delaware | Painting by Emanuel Leutze
With the possible exceptions of DaVinci’s Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, this is perhaps the most universally recognized image in the entire history of art. It is also an…
All About the Battle of Bunker’s Hill Painting by John Trumbull
Jump to key figures in this painting. Perhaps the first of the Revolutionary War masterpieces to be finished, this work was painted in the studio of Benjamin West in London…
