As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

Both works are now in the Yale University Art Gallery. His Declaration of Independence (1817) was used on the reverse of the two-dollar bill. Allegedly because Congress only voted enough money for four paintings only these four of Trumbull's paintings on the Revolution are hung there.

John Trumbull (June 6 1756 – November 10 1843) was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical paintings. His Declaration of Independence (1817) was used on the reverse of the two-dollar bill.