Paintings by John Trumbull at Yale University of historic scenes and personages prominent in the American Revolution / by John Hill Morgan. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. Fine Arts Library, ND237.T8 M6 Trumbull became the historical painter of the American Revolution. When war broke out shortly after his graduation from Harvard, Trumbull marched to Boston with the 1st Regiment of Connecticut troops. He came to Washington's attention by drawing a plan of enemy works in front of the Revolutionary Army's position on Boston Neck and was shortly thereafter appointed his Aide-de-Camp.