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John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1818 (placed 1826), oil on canvas, 12′ x 18′ (Rotunda, U.S. Capitol) The painting that resulted from this collaboration between artist and politician has become one of the most famous images in the history of American art. Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. His father was the only colonial governor to support independence here in Connecticut, and John Trumbull, the son—one of two sons named John—was able to witness some of the events, including, as you see next to this painting, the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is “Declaration of Independence” and was meant by Trumbull “to preserve the resemblance of the men who were the authors of this memorable act.” Actually, it was on July 2d that the Congress declared the Colonies to be independent, and on July 4th the form only of that Declaration was determined. 1 print : engraving ; sheet 36.3 x 50.6 cm. | Print shows the presentation of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The painting features the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence — John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson (presenting the document), and Benjamin Franklin — standing before John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress. Inscription: in plate below image: “Painted by John Trumbull”; center: “Copy Right secured according to the Act of Congress Decr. 20th 1820”; right: “Engraved by A. B. Durant.” Below: “The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. / July 4th 1776.” John Trumbull's "The Declaration of Independence" hangs in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Depicting the drafting committee presenting the document to the Continental Congress, the painting commemorates the signers. John Trumbull's "The Declaration of Independence" hangs in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Depicting the drafting committee presenting the document to the Continental Congress, the painting commemorates the signers. (Oil (1817) by John Trumbull, after his earlier painting of the same name (1786-95). Color separations courtesy United States Capitol Historical Society and Eastern National Park The artwork, titled “Declaration of Independence,” was crafted by the artist John Trumbull between 1817 and 1819. Executed in oil, it falls within the Neoclassicism art movement and measures 365.76 by 548.64 centimeters. This history painting is currently housed in the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, US. The artwork portrays the momentous event of the drafting and presentation of Declaration of Independence balances the last of Trumbull’s Rotunda paintings, General George Washington Resigning His Commission. The two paintings are similar in composition, with figures seated and standing in the background. John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot oil-on-canvas painting in the United States Capitol Rotunda that depicts the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. It was based on a much smaller version of the same scene, presently held by the Yale University Art Gallery. Trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life and visited T his John Trumbull painting is often billed as “ Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776,” so it’s no surprise that many people think it depicts the signing of the Declaration of Resources for Teachers John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence CONVERSATION STARTERS What is happening with the Declaration of Independence in this painting? The Committee of Five is presenting their draft to the President of the Continental Congress, John Hancock. Moreover, Trumbull includes signer George Clymer of Pennsylvania even though he was not a delegate to Congress until August of 1776, but does not include signer John Morton of Pennsylvania, who was the important tie-breaking vote in the Pennsylvania delegation in favor of independence. This twelve-by-eighteen-foot painting by John Trumbull, entitled Declaration of Independence, depicts the presentation of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress on June 28, 1776. Thomas Jefferson, at center, places the document before the president of the Congress, John Hancock. Figure 3.1.1 3.1. 1: John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1786–1820, oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 31 inches / 53 x 78.7 cm (Yale University Art Gallery) Like many artists of the early-Federal period (c. 1789-1801), the name John Trumbull is not one immediately recognized by most Americans. Yet despite this fact, the majority of Americans are well aware of many of Trumbull Ten years after the American colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, John Trumbull traveled the country in a carriage seeking out all the men who signed the document. He wanted to paint their likenesses in a monumental work depicting the nation’s founding moment. Consulting Adams, they decided that signatures should be their guide, even if the signers were absent when the Declaration was approved, and that such opponents of independence as John Dickenson of Pennsylvania should be included for their importance in the debate. While in Paris, Trumbull began to sketch out the composition, taking into account Jefferson’s memory of the event and the diplomat’s own sketch of the Assembly Room in the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was first presented to Congress and subsequently signed.
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