John Adams was right, ... The huge canvas painting by John Trumbull hanging in the grand Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol depicting the signing of the Declaration is, it turns out, ...

Artist John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843 Former attribution Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828 Sitter John Adams, 30 Oct 1735 - 4 Jul 1826 Exhibition Label Of all the Founding Fathers, John ...

Left: Abigail Adams, by Gilbert Stuart, in the collection of the National Gallery of Art; right: John Adams, unidentified artist, after Gilbert Stuart, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian ...