Declaration of Independence
Date1856
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 - 1828)
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; typeset, lithograph
DimensionsOverall: 30 in. × 24 3/16 in. (76.2 cm × 61.47 cm)
Credit LineMount Vernon Collection
Object numberPrint-5030/RP-765
DescriptionThis print is a document with the text of the Declaration of Independence surrounding an image of George Washington after Gilbert Stuart's Lansdowne portrait.Published ReferencesCatalogue of the Valuable Private Library of the Late George Livermore Esqr. of Cambridge, Mass., (Boston: Charles F. Libbie & Co. Auctioneers, 1894).
MarkingsPrinted in ink: "Declaration of Independence / The Original of this was / Designed & Executed / entirely with a / Pen / by Gilman R. Russell / Teacher of / Practical, Plain & Ornamental / Writing and Drawing. / In Congress, July 4th, 1776. / The Unanimous Declaration of The Thirteen United States. / of America. / When in the course [....] Honor. / J.H. Bufford's Lith. / Published by Wm. H. Fisk Manchester, N.H. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856. by Gilman R. Russell, in the Clerks Office, of the district Court of Mass."
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c. 1865
c. 1860
