The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 1876 Waterman Lilly Ormsby American Though restrained in feeling, this print describes a profound revolutionary moment. It affirms the right of the original thirteen American colonies to separate from Great Britainan unprecedented challenge to royal authority. The title is slightly misleading since what we actually witness is the drafters of the Declaration of IndependenceJohn Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklinpresenting the text to the Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia on June 28, 1776, six days before ratification. Forty-seven of the eventual sixty-two signers appear here, almost all portrayed from life. Based on Trumbull’s famous painting of 1786, the print was engraved to mark the centenary of the United States.. The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. Waterman Lilly Ormsby (American, Hampton, Connecticut 1809-1883 Brooklyn, New York). 1876. Engraving. Prints
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