Signing of the declaration of independence painting

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Title

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

ArtistDate n.d. Location Not on viewDimensions 20 3⁄4 x 30 1⁄2 in. (52.7 x 77.5 cm) Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of International Business Machines Corporation

Mediums Description media undetermined ClassificationsKeywords

• History – United States – Revolution
• History – United States – Declaration of Independence
• Portrait group
• Architecture Interior – civic

Object Number

1966.48.43

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English

John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence, being represented to the Congress.

Summary[edit]

John Trumbull: devlaracioncita Independence
Artist	John Trumbull (1756–1843)    Description American painter, artist and architect Date of birth/death 6 June 1756  10 November 1843  Location of birth/death Lebanon Category:New York Work location New York, London Authority control : Q369263 VIAF: 56862633 ISNI: 0000 0001 2134 4222 ULAN: 500016000 LCCN: n50011728 WGA: TRUMBULL, John WorldCat
Title	devlaracioncita Independence
Object type	painting
Genre	history painting
Description	English: John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. The painting can be found on the back of the U.S. $2 bill. The original hangs in the US Capitol rotunda. Español: Cuadro del pintor estadounidense John Trumbull. Se encuentra en la rotonda del capitolio de los Estados Unidos (Washington D.C.) y representa la presentación al Congreso del documento que establecía la Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Français : John Trumbull (US-americain, 1756-1843): Déclaration d'indépendance figurant la Commission des Cinq déposant le texte de la déclaration d'indépendance. De gauche à droite, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Thomas Jefferson et Benjamin Franklin. فارسی: جان ترامبول در مشهورترین اثر خود با نام اعلان استقلال، پنج مرد را به تصویر کشیده‌است که در حال تحویل پیش‌نویس اعلامیهٔ استقلال ایالات متحده به دومین کنگرهٔ مهاجرنشینان هستند. این تصویر بر پشت اسکناس‌های دو دلاری ایالات متحده به چشم می‌خورد. تابلو اصلی در ساختمان کاپیتول نصب شده‌است.
Depicted people	George Washington  William Whipple Josiah Bartlett Thomas Lynch Benjamin Harrison V Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams George Clinton William Paca Samuel Chase Lewis Morris William Floyd Arthur Middleton Thomas Heyward, Jr. Charles Carroll George Walton Stephen Hopkins William Ellery George Clymer Robert Morris Thomas Willing Benjamin Rush Elbridge Gerry Robert Treat Paine Abraham Clark William Hooper Joseph Hewes James Wilson Francis Hopkinson John Adams Roger Sherman Robert R. Livingston Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin Richard Stockton Francis Lewis John Witherspoon Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott Charles Thomson
Date	1819
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	height: 366 cm (12 ft)  ; width: 549 cm (18 ft)
Collection	United States Capitol    Native name United States Capitol Parent institution United States Capitol Complex  Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates 38° 53′ 23.29″ N, 77° 00′ 32.81″ W   Established 1793 Web page www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol Authority control : Q54109 VIAF: 156416989 ULAN: 500312804 LCCN: sh85141041 NRHP: 19600002 GND: 4485832-2 WorldCat
Accession number	NPG D1357 (National Portrait Gallery)
Object location	38° 53′ N, 77° 01′ W    View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap
Place of creation	United States of America
References	https://www.aoc.gov/art/historic-rotunda-paintings/declaration-independence  https://www.wga.hu/html/t/trumbull/declarat.html
Source/Photographer	US Capitol
Other versions	This file has multiple extracted images: Richard Stockton, Francis Lewis and John Witherspoon in Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull.jpg Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull (cropped).jpg Remastered color

Camera location	38° 53′ 24″ N, 77° 00′ 32″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:43, 5 July 2021		3,000 × 1,970 (6.32 MB)	Locke Cole (talk | contribs)	sharpened lightly
	06:41, 5 July 2021		3,000 × 1,970 (5.08 MB)	Locke Cole (talk | contribs)	adjusted to avoid cropping off individuals on edge of image
	22:48, 25 April 2017		2,976 × 1,969 (4.38 MB)	~riley (talk | contribs)	COM:OVERWRITE Reverted to version as of 20:15, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
	00:48, 4 April 2017		2,976 × 1,969 (1.07 MB)	Pixel8tor (talk | contribs)	Adjusted color.
	20:15, 1 June 2013		2,976 × 1,969 (4.38 MB)	Harpsichord246 (talk | contribs)	Removed grey haze and pieces of frame left in picture.
	16:06, 9 June 2010		3,000 × 1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm (talk | contribs)	Reverted to version as of 16:02, 9 June 2010 Oh der, I clicked it twice
	16:05, 9 June 2010		3,000 × 1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm (talk | contribs)	Reverted to version as of 05:54, 26 July 2008
	16:02, 9 June 2010		3,000 × 1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm (talk | contribs)	Reverted to version as of 05:54, 26 July 2008. The greyer image is a later colour upload. It has been uploaded over the very poor image because that one was SO BAD. Do NOT load over this high resolution file.
	06:28, 9 June 2010		3,000 × 1,970 (5.79 MB)	Aavindraa (talk | contribs)	take a look at the color in the original. as large as the image is, it isn't representative of the original color.
	13:42, 8 June 2010		3,000 × 1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm (talk | contribs)	Reverted to version as of 05:54, 26 July 2008. It is obvious that the image prior to Aavindraa's intervention is a high quality image. The intervention wrecked the colours, as apparent in the faces. Do NOT upload over existing images.

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