246 Trumbull Gallery of Paintings in Yale College. 
Behind and near him an attendant holds his horse ; further 
back, are seen artillery, assisting in the defense of the bridge and 
mill, against the attack made by the enemy, a little before sun- 
set; the bridge and mill are seen under the legs of the horse, and 
higher up in the perspective distance, are seen several glimpses 
of the creek in its windings; and the fires which so fatally delu- 
ded the enemy during the night, are in many places already 
lighted and visible. 
In the countenance of the hero, the likeness, the mere map of 
the face, was not all that was attempted, but the features are au- 
imated, and exalted by the mighty thoughts revolving in the 
mind on that sublime occasion ; the high resolve, stampipg on 
the face and attitude its lofty purpose, to conquer or to perish. 
Every minute article of the dress, down to the buttons and 
spurs, and every strap and buckle of the horse-furniture, were 
carefully painted from the several objects. 
The picture remained in the possession of Colonel Trumbull 
until the dissolution of the Society of the Cincinnati in Connec- 
ticut, when His Excellency Governor Trumbull, Gen. Jedediah 
Huntington, the Hon. John Davenport, the Hon. Jeremiah Wads- 
worth, and the Hon. Benjamin Talmadge, joined with him in 
presenting this portrait to Yale College. 
No. 42.—Governor T'rumpuni, Sen. 
Jonathan Trumbull was born at Lebanon in 1710, the son of — 
Joseph, a respectable and strong-minded farmer, who, feeling the 
deficiency of his own education, resolved that his son should not 
suffer similar mortifications from that eause. He therefore spared 
no care or expense in his education, and at an early age the fa- 
vored boy was sent to Harvard College. Here he became a good 
scholar, acquiring a knowledge of the Hebrew, as well as the 
Greek and Latin languages, and of all the other studies of the 
day. He graduated with honor in 1727.* 
His original destination was for the-pulpit. He went through 
the preparatory studies, and had commenced preaching, when an 
elder brother (Joseph) who had been engaged in commerce, died 
uddenly, leaving extensive business in an unsettled state, and 
‘was the only member of the family qualified to unravel 
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* In the same class was Governor Hutchinson. 
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