Brief Biography-John Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1756. He studied at Harvard University, and afterwards, he had an exemplary career as adjutant to General George Washington and General Horatio Gates during the War of Independence. In 1780 he studied under Benjamin West in London. Unfortunately, the authorities arrested and incarcerated him for seven months as a suspect spy during his stay. He spent time in America and Paris on his release before returning to London, where he painted the Battle of Bunker’s Hill. Later in Washington, he was commissioned to paint historical works for Capitol Hill. Finally, he settled in New York, became President of the Academy of Arts for twenty years, and died in 1843. His Declaration of Independence painting went on the reverse of the two-dollar bill. Trumbull also painted several notaries of the War of Independence.