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 an- 

 imated, and exalted by the mighty thoughts revolving in the 

 mind on that sublime occasion ; the high resolve, stamping 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. — GovEKNOR Trumbull, 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 nol 

 suffer similar mortifications from that cause. 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 

 suddenly, leaving extensive business in an unsettled state, and 

 Jonathan was the only member of the family qualified to unravel 



* In the same class was Governor Hutchinson. 



