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‘The Revolution Will Be Painted’

Detail of self portrait by John Trumbull, c. 1802 (Public Domain/Wikimedia)

I was away all of last week, so I didn’t get to point to the podcast I did with Rick Brookhiser on his wonderful new book on John Trumbull:

Among the topics we discussed were: Was Trumbull a good painter? Was he regarded as such in his time? What did he hope to achieve? Why did he have such a tumultuous relationship with Thomas Jefferson? What is the thing that Rick likes the most about him and the thing he likes the least about him?

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