DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Signing Adams Jefferson ~ 1856 Art Print Engraving

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Signing Adams Jefferson ~ 1856 Art Print Engraving:
$24.99

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Artist: J. Trumbull ____________ Engraver: W. Greatbach

Note: the title in the table above is printed below the engraving

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PRINT DATE: This engraving was printed in 1856; it is not a modern reproduction in any way.

PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 6 1/2 inches by 9 1/2 inches including white borders, actual scene is 4 1/2 inches by 7 inches.

PRINT CONDITION: Condition is excellent. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse. Paper is quality woven rag stock paper.

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DESCRIPTION OF PRINT SUBJECT: John Trumbull\'s Declaration of Independence is an iconic 12- by 18-foot painting in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda which depicts the presentation of the draft of the Declaration to Congress. Trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life and visited Independence Hall as well to depict the room in which the Second Continental Congress met. The painting is often mistakenly called the \"Signing of the Declaration of Independence,\" but only shows the presentation of the draft of the Declaration by the \"Committee of Five\". The committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson (the primary author), Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman. They can all be seen standing in the center of the painting.. While this event did take place, it was not actually in the presence of all the people in the picture. The oil-on-canvas work was commissioned in 1817; purchased 1819; and placed in 1826 in the Rotunda. A close inspection reveals that Thomas Jefferson\'s foot is stepping on John Adams\'s, symbolizing their relationship as political enemies. Based on the erroneous belief that this image is an artistic mistake, this part of the image was changed on the $2 bill version. Trumbull\'s work shows 42 of the 56 signers of the Declaration, and five figures in the painting did not sign.

Please note: the terms used in our sales for engraving, etching, lithograph, plate, photogravure etc. are ALL prints on paper, and NOT blocks of steel or wood or any other material. “ENGRAVINGS”, the term commonly used for these paper prints, were the most common method in the 1700s and 1800s for illustrating old books, and these paper prints or “engravings” were created by the intaglio process of etching the negative of the image into a block of steel, copper, wood etc, and then when inked and pressed onto paper, a print image was created. These prints or engravings were usually inserted into books, although many were also printed and issued as loose stand alone lithographs. They often had a tissue guard or onion skin frontis to protect them from transferring their ink to the opposite page and were usually on much thicker quality woven rag stock paper than the regular prints. So this sale is for an antique paper print(s), probably from an old book, of very high quality and usually on very thick rag stock paper.

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