Comments on: Feel Art Again: Surrender of Lord Cornwallis http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:41:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Michael http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634/comment-page-1#comment-392030 Michael Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:04:10 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634#comment-392030 Sid, John Trumbull served in the Revolution during the early years and was an aide to General Washington. He also knew many of the men in the picture. He visited them, sketched the, and he also visited the battle sites. He actually began a small version of the painting as early as 1885. The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis was not a work done 39 years after the event - it was a work that took 39 years to complete! Sid,

John Trumbull served in the Revolution during the early years and was an aide to General Washington. He also knew many of the men in the picture. He visited them, sketched the, and he also visited the battle sites. He actually began a small version of the painting as early as 1885. The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis was not a work done 39 years after the event – it was a work that took 39 years to complete!

]]> By: Michael http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634/comment-page-1#comment-392029 Michael Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:59:59 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634#comment-392029 Actually, John Trumbull did not add a self-portrait in the painting. Though he served briefly as a Colonial officer, he was not part of the Battle of Yorktown. However, there is a Trumbull in the painting - John Trumbull's brother, Col. Jonathan Trumbull Jr., who served at Yorktown, is in the painting. Often they are confused because the names John and Jonathan are so close. But, the Trumbull in the painting is actually the first son of Governor Jonathan Trumbull. Actually, John Trumbull did not add a self-portrait in the painting. Though he served briefly as a Colonial officer, he was not part of the Battle of Yorktown. However, there is a Trumbull in the painting – John Trumbull’s brother, Col. Jonathan Trumbull Jr., who served at Yorktown, is in the painting. Often they are confused because the names John and Jonathan are so close. But, the Trumbull in the painting is actually the first son of Governor Jonathan Trumbull.

]]> By: Sid Morrison http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634/comment-page-1#comment-36031 Sid Morrison Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:44:40 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634#comment-36031 @Kelly: Well, he painted it nearly 40 years after the surrender... Do you really think that all the other faces are accurate representations of folks there? Likewise colors of horses, general lay of the land, cloud formations, &c? I'm a history stickler, but even I allow artists a little artistic license... @Kelly:
Well, he painted it nearly 40 years after the surrender… Do you really think that all the other faces are accurate representations of folks there? Likewise colors of horses, general lay of the land, cloud formations, &c? I’m a history stickler, but even I allow artists a little artistic license…

]]> By: Jill http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634/comment-page-1#comment-35640 Jill Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:28:24 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634#comment-35640 This article came just in time, as my class just learned about the end of the Revolutionary War today. This article came just in time, as my class just learned about the end of the Revolutionary War today.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634/comment-page-1#comment-35622 Kelly Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:36:11 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634#comment-35622 It's a little like Hitchcock who included himself in every one of his films. It's a clever thing to do, but too bad it makes the painting historically inaccurate. It’s a little like Hitchcock who included himself in every one of his films. It’s a clever thing to do, but too bad it makes the painting historically inaccurate.

]]> By: Max http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634/comment-page-1#comment-35620 Max Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:35:18 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634#comment-35620 I wonder if fact #4 has anything to do with Trumbull only having one eye? I wonder if fact #4 has anything to do with Trumbull only having one eye?

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