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 TRUMBULL Gibson, ib.; Landscape, Q. A. Shaw, Bos- ton ; do., Boston Museum ; and many others. Sales: The Bridge (16,000 francs, Everard sale, 1881); The Pond (31,500 francs, Wilson sale, 1881); Shepherd and his Flock (25,500 francs, ib.); A Pasture (40,600 francs, ib.) ; Drinking- Place (80,000 francs, Narischkine sale, 1883) ; Way to Mar- ket (42,500 francs, ib.). At the Morgan sale, New York, 1886, were sold: Keturu from the Farm (1852), $6,550 ; Cow chased by Dog, $9,100 ; Cattle and Horses, $1,050 ; Coast near Villiers, $8,100 ; The Pasture, $7,100, Knoedler & Co.; Going to the Fair, $2,550; Pasturage in Normandy, $6,350, Mr. Kimball, Boston. Bellier, ii. 598; Ch. Blanc, Artistes de mon Temps, 313 ; Hamer- ton, French Painters, 46 ; Meyer, Gesch., 757 ; Larousse ; Leclercq, Caractures, 195. TRUMBULL, GUKDON, born at Ston- ington, Coun., in 1841. Landscape painter, pupil of F. S. Jewett in Hartford, and of James Hart in New York. He is noted for his paintings of fish. Studio in Hartford. Works: Plunge for Life, Over the Falls (1874) ; Critical Moment (1876) ; Moorish Watch-Tower on the Coast of Spain. TEUMBULL, JOHN, born at Lebanon, Conn., June 6, 1756, died in New York, Nov. 10, 1843. History and portrait painter ; served in the War of Inde- pendence in 1775 as aide-de-camp to Washington, and in 1776 as deputy adjutant - general under Gates ; retired from service in 1777 with rank of colonel. Went to London in 1780 to study under Benjamin West, but was imprisoned eight months, and returned home in 1782 ; went again on the conclu- sion of peace and resumed his studies. His Battle of Bunker Hill (1786, engraved by J. G. Miiller) was the first of a series of his- torical works illustrating the War of the Revolution. It was followed by the Death of Montgomery (engraved by F. Clemens), and the Sortie from Gibraltar (engraved by Sharpe). Returned to America in 1789, ac- companied Mr. Jay to England in 1794 as secretary of legation, and was engaged sev- eral years in diplomatic work ; painted in England in 1808-15, and was engaged in 1817-24 in painting four pictures (H. 12 ft. x 18 ft.) for the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington, for which he received $32,- 000. Trumbull was president of the Acad- emy of Fine Arts in New York from 1816 to 1825. Most of his pictures (54) are in the Art Gallery of Yale College. Works : Declaration of Independence, Surrender of Burgoync, Surrender of Cornwallis, Resig- nation of Washington at Annapolis, Capi- tol, Washington ; original sketches of these, Battle of Bunker Hill, Death of Montgom- ery (1781), Battle of Princeton, Battle of Trenton, Death of General Mercer, por- traits of Washington (1792), do. (1793), Ham- ilton (1792), Governor Trumbull, Rufus King (1800), Duke of Buckingham, Duke of Wellington, and others, Yale College Art Gallery. Amer. Art Rev. (1881), 181, 221. TRUPHEME, AUGUSTE JOSEPH, born at Aix (Bouches-du-Rhone), Jan. 23, 1836. Genre painter ; pupil of S. Cornu, H. Flan- driu, and Henner. Medal, 3d class, 1884. Works : Education of Daphne (1865) ; Young Christian Martyr (1874), C. Hayem ; Fawn frightened by a Viper (1875), F. Caire ; Marguerite's First Step (1879) ; Pupils of Communal School at Chutillon-sous-Ba- gneux exercising with the Chassepot (1880) ; Ploughing at Chatfflon (1881) ; Wedding at Chatillon (1882) ; Manual Labor in School (1883) ; Singing Lesson in Public School (1884) ; Cutting and Sewing at Girls' School (1885) ; Breakfast in Public School (1886). Bellier, ii. 600. TRUTH (La Verite), Jules Joseph Lefeb- vre, Luxembourg Museum, Paris; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. A female figure. 304