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BEZALEL SCHOOL OF ARTS & CRAFTS- HANUKKAH LAMP

Art & Divine Imagination, Bezalel, Boris Schatz, Judaica, Religious, Uncategorized, zionismJuly 16, 2026119Views 0Likes 0Comments

This Bezalel Hanukkah lamp (1920) represents the arts nouveau sensibility that Boris Schatz and his school were well known for. The artist is Ze'ev Raban. Indicative of his style, this particular lamp is made of copper and catches the light with the designs present on the front. This lamp is heavily decorated with Jewish imagery.…

COL. JOHN TRUMBULL’S SON- LIEUTENANT JOHN TRUMBULL RAY

UncategorizedMay 14, 2026192Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the household of Col. John Trumbull’s brother, there was a servant woman named Temperance Ray. While sending love letters to Harriet Wadsworth who he hoped to marry, Trumbull was intimate with his brother’s servant. In 1792, Trumbull had fathered an illegitimate son with the woman. Miss Ray took Trumbull to court to prove paternity…

COL. JOHN TRUMBULL- EARLY CHILDHOOD

Trumbull, UncategorizedFebruary 25, 2026246Views 1Like 0Comments

John Trumbull. Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (1710–1785), LL.D. 1779. Young Trumbull did have two incidents in childhood that bear mentioning. The first was that as a baby, he would suffer convulsions, often having three of four a day. By the time he was nine months old, the convulsions had been increasing in both number and severity…

COL. JOHN TRUMBULL- AUSPICIOUS BEGINNINGS

Trumbull, UncategorizedFebruary 25, 2026162Views 0Likes 0Comments

. The Trumbull family had their roots in early America from the time the colonies began. There is a John Trumbull listed on documents starting in 1640 in Massachusetts who hailed from England, near the Scottish border. He was believed to be the first ancestor of Col. John Trumbull to live in America from their…