On the 1 bill. Dianne hello, i am Dianne Stephens from the National Gallery of art. John trumbull is an artist who is well known for his history paintings in america, not as much portraiture. He aspired to be a history painter and then, he eventually went to england and spent a couple of years with Benjamin West. Benjamin west was an amazing figure who welcomed almost every painter that we are going to talk about today. They learned the art of history painting, came back to the colonies this is his portrait of Alexander Hamilton who was aide. Gton it is interesting that here Alexander Hamilton is hanging next to Gilbert Stuarts portrait of john jay. Madison, john jay, and Alexander Hamilton wrote the federalist papers. Also, in 1794, john jay invited Alexander Hamilton to be a part of the Treaty Commission in london. So there is quite a connection between these two men. Who knew they would hang next to each other in the National Gallery . Looking at John Jay Reeves leads us to Gilbert