EPISODE 33 - Richard Brookhiser, John Trumbull, and Painting the American Revolution

Josh Bowman talks with historian Richard Brookhiser, a senior editor of National Review ( https://www.nationalreview.com/ ) and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute ( https://nrinstitute.org/ ). He is a prolific author of many books, mostly on the American Founders and their ideas, and many other articles and essays besides. We specifically discuss Brookhiser’s new biography of American painter, John Trumbull (1756 - 1843), entitled Glorious Lessons (Yale Univ., 2024) https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300283310/glorious-lessons/  Richard Brookhiser Website: https://richardbrookhiser.com/  Many paintings by John Trumbull are available online at the Yale University Art Gallery: https://artgallery.yale.edu/collection?f%5B0%5D=creator%3AArtist%3A%20John%20Trumbull%20%28American%2C%201756%E2%80%931843%29  Declaration of Independence (painting) https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/69  Battle of Bunker’s Hill https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/41  The Resignation of General Washington https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/124  To learn more about the Herbert J. Storing Book Prize, and to make a nomination, visit: https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/storing-award/  To learn more about us, our events, this Podcast, our journal, Pietas, to sign up for our newsletter, and make your tax deductible gift, please go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/  0:00 Introduction 2:27 Who John Trumbull Was 5:53 Battle of Bunker's Hill 12:44 Spy Arrest 16:08 Jefferson's Wingman 18:26 Declaration of Independence 26:00 Washington's Resignation 35:23 Historical Painting 41:28 Displaced 45:23 Other Opportunities