Where Is The Battle of Bunker Hill? See It at This Museum

Q: Where can I see The Battle of Bunker Hill?

The original hangs at Yale University Art Gallery. A larger version is displayed in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda with other Trumbull Revolutionary War paintings.

Q: Who is dying in the painting?

General Joseph Warren, a patriot leader, was killed at the battle. Trumbull made his death the dramatic center of the composition This work dates to 1786.

Q: Did America win the Battle of Bunker Hill?

The British captured the position, but suffered over 1,000 casualties. The American resistance proved they could stand against professional soldiers.

Q: When did Trumbull paint this?

Trumbull completed the original in 1786 in London, where he studied with Benjamin West John Trumbull created it as part of the American artistic tradition.

John Trumbull captured the death of General Joseph Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill, one of the bloodiest engagements of the Revolutionary War. The scene shows the moment British forces overwhelm the American position, with Warren falling at the center while a British officer attempts to save him from a bayonet.

Trumbull based his composition on accounts from survivors and his own military experience. Though the Americans lost the hill, they inflicted devastating casualties on the British. The painting transforms military defeat into heroic sacrifice, establishing the visual language of American patriotism.

The original hangs at Yale University Art Gallery, with a large replica in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

The original hangs at Yale University Art Gallery. A larger version is displayed in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda with other Trumbull Revolutionary War paintings.

General Joseph Warren, a patriot leader, was killed at the battle. Trumbull made his death the dramatic center of the composition This work dates to 1786.

The British captured the position, but suffered over 1,000 casualties. The American resistance proved they could stand against professional soldiers.

Trumbull completed the original in 1786 in London, where he studied with Benjamin West John Trumbull created it as part of the American artistic tradition.

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