Declaration of Independence of the United States of America 4th July 1776 [graphic].

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Title: Declaration of Independence of the United States of America 4th July 1776 [graphic].
Contributor: Durand, A. B. 1796-1886, printmaker.
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843, artist.
Published / Created: [approximately 1820]
Publication Place: New York
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A representation of John Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, on silk with borders woven in royal blue and printed in brown ink. The faces of the forty-eight participants are sketched below the image and numbered with a key in the form of facsimiles of their signatures below
Description: Title above image.
In the 1820s and 1830s, Durand owned a series of printmaking firms and was active in New York.
After the painting by John Trumbull or Asher B. Durand's the engraving of the Trumbull painting. Trumbull commissioned Durand to engrave his painting The Declaration of Independence in 1820. See Yale University Art Gallery notes.
Formerly part of the Cowles House inventory.
Extent: 1 print : fabric 73 x 84 cm
Language: English

Genre: Group portraits
Reproductions
Scarves
Cloth prints
Engravings England London 1820
Material: copperplate engraving ; and silk.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): United States.
Subject (Topic): Founding Fathers of the United States
Subjects: Founding Fathers of the United States
United States. Declaration of Independence
England > London > 1820

Access: Public
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