Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
Date1850-1900
After
John Trumbull
(American, 1756 - 1843)
Maker
Unknown
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 - 1799)
Subject
Josiah Bartlett
(American, 1729 - 1795)
Subject
Benjamin Harrison V
(American, 1726 - 1791)
Subject
Samuel Chase
(American, 1741 - 1811)
Subject
Lewis Morris
(American, 1726 - 1798)
Subject
Charles Carrol
(American, 1737 - 1832)
Subject
Stephen Hopkins
(American, 1707 - 1785)
Subject
Robert Morris
(American, 1734 - 1806)
Subject
Joseph Hewes
(American, 1730 - 1779)
Subject
James Wilson
(American, 1742 - 1798)
Subject
John Adams
(American, 1735 - 1826)
Subject
Roger Sherman
(American, 1721 - 1793)
Subject
Thomas Jefferson
(American, 1743 - 1826)
Subject
Benjamin Franklin
(American, 1706 - 1790)
Subject
John Witherspoon
(American, 1723 - 1794)
Subject
William Williams
(American, 1727 - 1791)
Subject
Oliver Wolcott
(American, 1726 - 1797)
Subject
Charles Thomson
(American, 1729 - 1824)
Subject
John Hancock
(American, 1737 - 1793)
Subject
Edward Rutledge
(American, 1749 - 1800)
Subject
Thomas McKean
(American, 1734 - 1817)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; chromolithograph.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 20 in. × 28 1/16 in. (50.8 cm × 71.28 cm)
Other (Image H x W): 17 1/2 in. × 25 3/16 in. (44.45 cm × 63.98 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985
Object numberSC-163
DescriptionHistorical scene depicting the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. Seated around the room, located in Independence Hall, are forty two members of Congress. On the back wall are two crossed flags with drums and trumpets above them. Standing in the front, presenting the Declaration, are the five men who drafted the Declaration, with Thomas Jefferson handing the draft to John Hancock.MarkingsPrinted below image on left in block script: "July 4th, 1776, Philadelphia."
Printed below image centered in block script: "Declaration of Independence."
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c. 1814
c. 1865
