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COL. JOHN TRUMBULL & HIS PORTRAITURE OF SARAH HOPE HARVEY TRUMBULL

Sarah Hope Harvey Trumbull, TrumbullFebruary 17, 2026248Views 0Likes 0Comments

Through his portraits of Sarah Hope Harvey Trumbull, Col. John Trumbull advanced beyond his monumental history paintings to explore intimacy and early American identity that revealed how their personal relationship shaped a softer, more private dimension of Trumbull and early American portraiture. Though often overshadowed by her husband’s fame as the “Painter of the American…

COL. JOHN TRUMBULL & SARAH HOPE HARVEY TRUMBULL- DEATH & LEGACY

American History, Nothing But Trumbull, Sarah Hope Harvey Trumbull, TrumbullFebruary 17, 2026142Views 0Likes 0Comments

There is no record of what Harvey might have died from. A little over a year before her death, she and Trumbull were visiting his relatives when his nephew records that he had never seen Harvey look so bad. Harvey's notice of death in The Evening Post newspaper based in New York reads on Monday,…

SARAH TRUMBULL ON HER DEATHBED 1824

Sarah Hope Harvey Trumbull, TrumbullFebruary 16, 2026141Views 0Likes 0Comments

This painting is unlike the other portraits that Trumbull painted of his wife. This painting feels more intimate, perhaps because it is not posed but it is a moment. Harvey does not look at the viewer but looks directly above in a plaintive way. Is she looking toward heaven or a loved one? Is she…

SARAH HOPE HARVEY TRUMBULL- BLACK DRESS, WHITE COMB- 1805

American History, Nothing But Trumbull, Sarah Hope Harvey Trumbull, TrumbullAugust 12, 2025270Views 0Likes 0Comments

JOHN TRUMBULL. Sarah Hope Harvey Trumbull. 1805. Now living in America, Harvey sits with her hands in her lap, looking away from the viewer. She is approximately thirty-one years old. This is almost a ¾ length portrait of her body. The surface of the painting is smooth, not textured. The colors of the…