Writing_the_Declaration_of_Independence_1776_cph.3g09904.jpg
Summary
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris : Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q2090815
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Title |
Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Description |
Thomas Jefferson
(right),
Benjamin Franklin
(left), and
John Adams
(center) meet at Jefferson's lodgings, on the corner of Seventh and High (Market) streets in Philadelphia, to review a draft of the
Declaration of Independence
. 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color (postcard made from painting). Postcard published by The Foundation Press, Inc., 1932. Reproduction of oil painting from the artist’s series:
The Pageant of a Nation
.
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7934315
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Accession number |
1996.49.15
Reproduction number LC-USZC4-9904 |
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Inscriptions |
bottom right:
JLG Ferris
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Notes | Online gallery page image | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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public domain
because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the
copyright was not renewed
. For further explanation, see
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