Foreword
Preface
John Trumbull: A Founding Father of American Art
Benjamin West and John Trumbull
Conflicting Interpretations, Paradoxical Images
Acknowledgements
Throughout the course of planning and preparing for this exhibition, numerous
people were of great help.
James McCabe, Director of the Fordham University Libraries, provided truly
generous support and access to all of the library's services from the moment
of this exhibition's inception.
Patrice Kane, Head of Fordham University's Special Collections, patiently
and ably handled the many requests which were made of her.
Carmen Bambach of the Metropolitan Museum of Art provided much needed information
regarding display of the drawings.
Lynn Mervosh of the Wadsworth Atheneum, Suzanne Warner of the Yale University
Art Gallery, and France Duhamel of the National Gallery of Canada quickly
processed our requests for reproductions.
Kathryn Moore Heleniak, Associate Professor of Art History at Fordham University
and a contributor to this catalogue, tirelessly commented upon drafts and
offered her invaluable expertise.
Finally, I must thank the numerous people who have provided encouragement
throughout the project: Richard Dillon, Matthew Favata, Mallick Fitzpatrick,
Joel Herschman, Nicholas Lombardi, John Riley, Jane Mayo Roos, Evan Serton,
Jack Spalding, and Richard Stapleford.I am particularly indebted to Irma B.
Jaffe, Professor Emerita of Art History at Fordham University, whose lifetime
of research, and guidance throughout the exhibition, made my role as curator
a much more manageable task.
Daniel C. Favata
Exhibition Curator
