Portrait of John Adams (Trumbull)

Portrait of John Adams
Portrait of John Adams
Artist	John Trumbull
Year	1793
Type	Oil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions	238.1 cm × 147 cm (93.7 in × 58 in)
Location	White House, Washington, D.C.

ArtistJohn Trumbull

Year1793

TypeOil on canvas, portrait painting

Dimensions238.1 cm × 147 cm (93.7 in × 58 in)

Portrait of John Adams is a 1793 portrait painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the lawyer, politician and Founding Father of the United States John Adams.^[1] Trumbull was celebrated for his history paintings featuring scenes from the American Revolutionary War.

Adams sat for him while serving as the first Vice President under George Washington. He is shown wearing the fashionable powdered wig of the era. Versions of the painting are now in National Portrait Gallery (United States) of the Smithsonian, the White House and Harvard University. Trumbull later drew on this likeness of Adams for his incorporation into his large crowd scene for Declaration of Independence.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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v t e John Trumbull
Paintings	George Washington (1780) The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775 (1786) The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 (1786) The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar (1789) Washington at Verplanck's Point (1790) George Washington (1790) General George Washington at Trenton (1792) Alexander Hamilton (1792) John Adams (1793) Self-Portrait (1802) Declaration of Independence (1819) Surrender of Lord Cornwallis (1820) Surrender of General Burgoyne (1821) General George Washington Resigning His Commission (1824) The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 (1786–1828) The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777 (c. 1787–c. 1831)
Museums	John Trumbull Birthplace Yale University Art Gallery
Related	Jonathan Trumbull (father) Joseph Trumbull (brother) Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (brother) United States ten-dollar bill United States two-dollar bill Declaration of Independence Tablet

v t e John Adams
2nd President of the United States (1797–1801) 1st Vice President of the United States (1789–1797) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1785–1788) U.S. Minister to the Netherlands (1782–1788) Delegate to the Second Continental Congress (1775–1778) Delegate to the First Continental Congress (1774)
Founding of the United States	Braintree Instructions (1765) Boston Massacre defense Continental Association Petition to the King United Colonies Thoughts on Government (1776) Lee Resolution (seconded) Declaration of Independence May 15 preamble Committee of Five Model Treaty Treaty of Amity and Commerce Treaty of Alliance Board of War Chairman of the Marine Committee, 1775–1779 Continental Navy Staten Island Peace Conference Conference House Constitution of Massachusetts (1780) Treaty of Paris, 1783 Diplomacy
Elections	United States presidential election 1788–1789 1792 1796 1800
Presidency (timeline)	Inauguration Quasi War with France XYZ Affair United States Department of the Navy Commerce Protection Act United States Marine Corps Convention of 1800 Mississippi Organic Act Alien and Sedition Acts Naturalization Act of 1798 Sick and Disabled Seamen Relief Act Marine Hospital Service Bankruptcy Act of 1800 Indiana Organic Act Slave Trade Act of 1800 District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 Navy Department Library Treaty of Tellico Treaty of Tripoli Midnight Judges Act Marbury v. Madison State of the Union Address (1797 1798 1799 1800) Presidential transition of Thomas Jefferson Cabinet Federal judiciary appointments
Other writings	Massachusetts Historical Society holdings Adams Papers Editorial Project A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams Founders Online Gray v. Pitts
Life and homes	Early life and education Adams National Historical Park John Adams Birthplace Family home and John Quincy Adams birthplace Peacefield Stone Library Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University Presidents House, Philadelphia Co-founder and second president, American Academy of Arts and Sciences United First Parish Church and gravesite
Legacy	Bibliography List of memorials Adams Memorial (proposed) John Adams Building John Adams Courthouse Fort Adams Jefferson Memorial pediment U.S. Postage stamps Treaty of Paris (1783 painting) USS Adams (1799) USS John Adams (1799) USS Adams (1874) USS President Adams (1941) USS John Adams (1963) Adams House at Harvard University John Adams tree Mount Adams (New Hampshire, Washington) Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Popular culture	Portrait of John Adams (1783 painting) Portrait of John Adams (1793 painting) Declaration of Independence (1938 film) Profiles in Courage (1964 series) American Primitive (1969 play) 1776 (1969 musical 1972 film) The Adams Chronicles (1976 miniseries) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) John Adams (2001 book 2008 miniseries) John and Abigail Adams (2006 documentary film) The Revolution (2006 miniseries) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries) Franklin (2024 miniseries) The American Revolution (2025 miniseries)
Related	"Adams and Liberty" campaign song Adams' personal library American Enlightenment Congress Hall Federalist Party Federalist Era First Party System republicanism American Philosophical Society Gazette of the United States The American Museum American Revolution patriots Founding Fathers
Adams political family	Abigail Adams wife Quincy political family Abigail Adams Smith (daughter) John Quincy Adams son presidency Charles Adams (son) Thomas Boylston Adams (son) George Washington Adams (grandson) Charles Francis Adams Sr. (grandson) John Adams II (grandson) John Quincy Adams II (great-grandson) Henry Adams (great-grandson) Brooks Adams (great-grandson) John Adams Sr. (father) Susanna Boylston (mother) Samuel Adams (second cousin) Louisa Adams (daughter-in-law, first lady)
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