In his famed “Battle of Princeton” painting, 18th-century artist John Trumbull celebrates George Washington’s heroic arrival on the battlefield (on a brown horse, with Dr. Benjamin Rush) and depicts British grenadiers bayoneting Washington’s friend, Gen. Hugh Mercer. Mercer died 9 days later in the battlefield’s Thomas Clarke House, despite Dr. Rush’s care.

Montgomery suffered head wounds and is cradled by Mattias Odgen. &nbsp;

Depicts the surrender of the British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga. Colonel William Prescott stands right of center wearing all brown, just behind Captain Morgan in white.&nbsp;

The scene depicted was actually&nbsp;

Located in the United States Capitol Rotunda.The Treaty of Alliance with France was signed on February 6, 1778 in Paris, France by American diplomats Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee. The treaty formalized the alliance between the United States and France during the American Revolutionary War, and provided France's financial and military support to the American government.&nbsp;

John Trumbull was an American artist who was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. He is known as the "Painter of the Revolution" for his historical paintings of the war. Trumbull was born in Connecticut in 1756 and graduated from Harvard in 1773. He began his painting career in 1777 and studied briefly in England with Benjamin West in 1780. His best work was created from 1784 to 1794, during which time he painted portraits and history paintings of American Revolution leaders and events. He returned to the US in 1789 and traveled along the East coast, painting portraits for his history paintings. In 1817, Trumbull received a commission to paint four large history paintings for the US Capitol rotunda, which he completed in 1824. He died in New York in 1843 at the age of 87.

Self-Portrait, oil on canvas, by the painter John Trumbull