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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="width: 22em; line-height: 1.4em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Declaration of Independence</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Declaration_of_Independence_(1819),_by_John_Trumbull.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="About 50 men, most of them seated, are in a large meeting room. Most are focused on the five men standing in the center of the room. The tallest of the five is laying a document on a table." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg/300px-Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg/450px-Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg/600px-Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1970" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Artist</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/John_Trumbull" title="John Trumbull">John Trumbull</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Year</th><td class="infobox-data">commissioned 1817;<br />purchased 1819;<br /> date of creation 1818;<br /> placed in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol_rotunda" title="United States Capitol rotunda">U.S. Capitol rotunda</a> 1826</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Medium</th><td class="infobox-data category">Oil-on-canvas</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Dimensions</th><td class="infobox-data">3.7 m × 5.5 m (12 ft × 18 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">U.S. Capitol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Declaration of Independence</b></i> is a 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) <a href="/wiki/Oil_painting" title="Oil painting">oil-on-canvas</a> painting by the American artist <a href="/wiki/John_Trumbull" title="John Trumbull">John Trumbull</a> depicting the presentation of the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/draft" class="extiw" title="wikt:draft">draft</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> to <a href="/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" title="Second Continental Congress">Congress</a>. It was based on a much smaller version of the same scene, presently held by the <a href="/wiki/Yale_University_Art_Gallery" title="Yale University Art Gallery">Yale University Art Gallery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-yale69_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yale69-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life, and visited <a href="/wiki/Independence_Hall_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Hall (United States)">Independence Hall</a> to depict the chamber where the <a href="/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a> met. The oil-on-canvas work was commissioned in 1817, purchased in 1819, and placed in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol_rotunda" title="United States Capitol rotunda">United States Capitol rotunda</a> in 1826. </p><p>The painting is sometimes incorrectly described as depicting the <a href="/wiki/Signing_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence">signing of the Declaration of Independence</a>. The painting shows the <a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Five" title="Committee of Five">five-man drafting committee</a> presenting their draft of the Declaration to the Congress, an event that took place on June 28, 1776, and not its signing, which took place mainly on August 2.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The painting shows 42 of the 56 signers of the Declaration; Trumbull originally intended to include all 56 signers but was unable to obtain likenesses for all of them. He also depicted several participants in the debate who did not sign the document, including <a href="/wiki/John_Dickinson_(delegate)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Dickinson (delegate)">John Dickinson</a>, who declined to sign. Trumbull had no portrait of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V" title="Benjamin Harrison V">Benjamin Harrison V</a> to work with, but his son <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_VI" title="Benjamin Harrison VI">Benjamin Harrison VI</a> was said to resemble his father, so Trumbull painted him instead. Similarly, Trumbull painted <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Hopkins" title="Rufus Hopkins">Rufus Hopkins</a>, who resembled his father <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(politician)" title="Stephen Hopkins (politician)">Stephen Hopkins</a>, for whom no portrait was available. As the Declaration was debated and signed over a period of time when membership in Congress changed, the men featured in the painting never were in the same room at the same time. </p><p>Although <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> appears to be stepping on <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a>' shoe in the painting, which many thought symbolized their relationship as friendly rivals, upon closer examination it can be seen that their feet are merely close together. This part of the image was correctly depicted on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_two-dollar_bill" title="United States two-dollar bill">two-dollar bill</a> version. </p><p>On the farthest wall hangs a display of <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_drums" title="Military drums">drum</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Regulation_Colours" title="Regulation Colours">regimental colours</a> captured from <a href="/wiki/British_Army_during_the_American_Revolutionary_War" title="British Army during the American Revolutionary War">British regiments</a>. This is not depicted in all versions, most notably the one seen on the two-dollar bill. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Key_to_historical_figures_depicted_in_the_painting">Key to historical figures depicted in the painting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Declaration_of_Independence_(painting)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Key to historical figures depicted in the painting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg/660px-Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg" decoding="async" width="660" height="433" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg/990px-Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg/1320px-Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1970" usemap="#ImageMap_323aa44e37bdac5e" resource="/wiki/File:Declaration_of_Independence_(1819),_by_John_Trumbull.jpg" /></span><map name="ImageMap_323aa44e37bdac5e"><area href="/wiki/George_Wythe" shape="rect" coords="1,230,8,249" alt="George Wythe" title="George Wythe" /><area href="/wiki/William_Whipple" shape="rect" coords="8,226,19,246" alt="William Whipple" title="William Whipple" /><area href="/wiki/Josiah_Bartlett" shape="rect" coords="20,230,31,249" alt="Josiah Bartlett" title="Josiah Bartlett" /><area href="/wiki/Thomas_Lynch_Jr." shape="rect" coords="32,232,43,249" alt="Thomas Lynch Jr." title="Thomas Lynch Jr." /><area href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V" shape="rect" coords="47,228,64,250" alt="Benjamin Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison" /><area href="/wiki/Richard_Henry_Lee" shape="rect" coords="93,231,108,251" alt="Richard Henry Lee" title="Richard Henry Lee" /><area href="/wiki/Samuel_Adams" shape="rect" coords="108,231,117,250" alt="Samuel Adams" title="Samuel Adams" /><area href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president)" shape="rect" coords="118,232,128,251" alt="George Clinton" title="George Clinton" /><area href="/wiki/William_Paca" shape="rect" coords="63,188,78,207" alt="William Paca" title="William Paca" /><area href="/wiki/Samuel_Chase" shape="rect" coords="80,188,92,208" alt="Samuel Chase" title="Samuel Chase" /><area href="/wiki/Lewis_Morris" shape="rect" coords="100,195,111,211" alt="Lewis Morris" title="Lewis Morris" /><area href="/wiki/William_Floyd" shape="rect" coords="111,201,121,217" alt="William Floyd" title="William Floyd" /><area href="/wiki/Arthur_Middleton" shape="rect" coords="126,211,136,223" alt="Arthur Middleton" title="Arthur Middleton" /><area href="/wiki/Thomas_Heyward_Jr." shape="rect" coords="132,232,140,244" alt="Thomas Heyward Jr." title="Thomas Heyward Jr." /><area href="/wiki/Charles_Carroll_of_Carrollton" shape="rect" coords="141,235,152,247" alt="Charles Carroll" title="Charles Carroll" /><area href="/wiki/George_Walton" shape="rect" coords="154,237,161,248" alt="George Walton" title="George Walton" /><area href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_(financier)" shape="rect" coords="163,239,173,252" alt="Robert Morris" title="Robert Morris" /><area href="/wiki/Thomas_Willing" shape="rect" coords="175,236,181,247" alt="Thomas Willing" title="Thomas Willing" /><area href="/wiki/Benjamin_Rush" shape="rect" coords="184,239,194,252" alt="Benjamin Rush" title="Benjamin Rush" /><area href="/wiki/Elbridge_Gerry" shape="rect" coords="198,240,207,254" alt="Elbridge Gerry" title="Elbridge Gerry" /><area href="/wiki/Robert_Treat_Paine" shape="rect" coords="208,239,216,253" alt="Robert Treat Paine" title="Robert Treat Paine" /><area href="/wiki/Abraham_Clark" shape="rect" coords="217,241,224,253" alt="Abraham Clark" title="Abraham Clark" /><area href="/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(politician)" shape="rect" coords="179,212,187,222" alt="Stephen Hopkins" title="Stephen Hopkins" /><area href="/wiki/William_Ellery" shape="rect" coords="188,212,196,224" alt="William Ellery" title="William Ellery" /><area href="/wiki/George_Clymer" shape="rect" coords="197,212,204,223" alt="George Clymer" title="George Clymer" /><area href="/wiki/William_Hooper" shape="rect" coords="234,242,243,254" alt="William Hooper" title="William Hooper" /><area href="/wiki/Joseph_Hewes" shape="rect" coords="245,241,254,253" alt="Joseph Hewes" title="Joseph Hewes" /><area href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(Founding_Father)" shape="rect" coords="265,240,274,252" alt="James Wilson" title="James Wilson" /><area 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href="/wiki/File:Declaration_of_Independence_(1819),_by_John_Trumbull.jpg" shape="rect" coords="0,0,660,433" /></map><figcaption>Trumbull's <i>Declaration of Independence</i> <hr /><div style="text-align:right; font-size:smaller; font-style:italic; padding-top:0.2em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mano_cursor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Mano_cursor.svg/10px-Mano_cursor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Mano_cursor.svg/15px-Mano_cursor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Mano_cursor.svg/20px-Mano_cursor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="440" /></a></span><b> Clickable image: </b>Point at a face to identify the person, click to go to the corresponding article.<br />Click anywhere else in the image to go to the image's file page and view a larger version.</div></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KeyTrumbullsDeclarationofIndependence1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/KeyTrumbullsDeclarationofIndependence1.jpg/660px-KeyTrumbullsDeclarationofIndependence1.jpg" decoding="async" width="660" height="465" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/KeyTrumbullsDeclarationofIndependence1.jpg/990px-KeyTrumbullsDeclarationofIndependence1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/KeyTrumbullsDeclarationofIndependence1.jpg/1320px-KeyTrumbullsDeclarationofIndependence1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2590" data-file-height="1823" /></a><figcaption>U.S. government's key to the painting</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p>The key to the 47 figures in the painting follows the numbering used by the U.S. government publication "Art of the Capitol" (in the illustration of the key shown in this section) but provides a different (hopefully clearer) description of which figure is where in the painting, so numbers are not entirely in order. </p><p>Key to figures (in each group, listed from left to right): </p><p>Four men seated on the far left: </p> <ul><li>1. <a href="/wiki/George_Wythe" title="George Wythe">George Wythe</a></li> <li>2. <a href="/wiki/William_Whipple" title="William Whipple">William Whipple</a></li> <li>3. <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Bartlett" title="Josiah Bartlett">Josiah Bartlett</a></li> <li>5. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lynch_Jr." title="Thomas Lynch Jr.">Thomas Lynch Jr.</a></li></ul> <p>Seated at the table on the left: </p> <ul><li>4. <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V" title="Benjamin Harrison V">Benjamin Harrison</a></li></ul> <p>Seated together to the right of Harrison and in front of the standing figures: </p> <ul><li>6. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Henry_Lee" title="Richard Henry Lee">Richard Henry Lee</a></li> <li>7. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Adams" title="Samuel Adams">Samuel Adams</a></li> <li>8. <a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president)" title="George Clinton (vice president)">George Clinton</a>†</li></ul> <p>Five figures standing together on the left: </p> <ul><li>9. <a href="/wiki/William_Paca" title="William Paca">William Paca</a></li> <li>10. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Chase" title="Samuel Chase">Samuel Chase</a></li> <li>11. <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Morris" title="Lewis Morris">Lewis Morris</a></li> <li>12. <a href="/wiki/William_Floyd" title="William Floyd">William Floyd</a></li> <li>13. <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Middleton" title="Arthur Middleton">Arthur Middleton</a></li></ul> <p>Three seated figures in the back between the two sets of standing figures: </p> <ul><li>14. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Heyward_Jr." title="Thomas Heyward Jr.">Thomas Heyward Jr.</a></li> <li>15. <a href="/wiki/Charles_Carroll_of_Carrollton" title="Charles Carroll of Carrollton">Charles Carroll</a></li> <li>16. <a href="/wiki/George_Walton" title="George Walton">George Walton</a></li></ul> <p>Set of three figures standing together in the back: </p> <ul><li>23. <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(politician)" title="Stephen Hopkins (politician)">Stephen Hopkins</a> (wearing a hat)</li> <li>24. <a href="/wiki/William_Ellery" title="William Ellery">William Ellery</a></li> <li>25. <a href="/wiki/George_Clymer" title="George Clymer">George Clymer</a></li></ul> <p>Ten figures seated: </p> <ul><li>17. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_(financier)" title="Robert Morris (financier)">Robert Morris</a> (first on the left at the table)</li> <li>18. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Willing" title="Thomas Willing">Thomas Willing</a>†</li> <li>19. <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Rush" title="Benjamin Rush">Benjamin Rush</a></li> <li>20. <a href="/wiki/Elbridge_Gerry" title="Elbridge Gerry">Elbridge Gerry</a></li> <li>21. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Treat_Paine" title="Robert Treat Paine">Robert Treat Paine</a></li> <li>22. <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Clark" title="Abraham Clark">Abraham Clark</a></li> <li>26. <a href="/wiki/William_Hooper" title="William Hooper">William Hooper</a></li> <li>27. <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hewes" title="Joseph Hewes">Joseph Hewes</a></li> <li>28. <a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(Founding_Father)" title="James Wilson (Founding Father)">James Wilson</a></li> <li>29. <a href="/wiki/Francis_Hopkinson" title="Francis Hopkinson">Francis Hopkinson</a></li></ul> <p>Five figures standing in front (the <a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Five" title="Committee of Five">Committee of Five</a>): </p> <ul><li>30. <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a></li> <li>31. <a href="/wiki/Roger_Sherman" title="Roger Sherman">Roger Sherman</a></li> <li>32. <a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Livingston" title="Robert R. Livingston">Robert R. Livingston</a>†</li> <li>33. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a></li> <li>34. <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a></li></ul> <p>Four background figures seated together near the right corner of the room: </p> <ul><li>35. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Stockton_(Continental_Congressman)" title="Richard Stockton (Continental Congressman)">Richard Stockton</a></li> <li>36. <a href="/wiki/Francis_Lewis" title="Francis Lewis">Francis Lewis</a></li> <li>37. <a href="/wiki/John_Witherspoon" title="John Witherspoon">John Witherspoon</a></li> <li>38. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Huntington_(Connecticut_politician)" title="Samuel Huntington (Connecticut politician)">Samuel Huntington</a></li></ul> <p>Two figures standing in the right corner of the room: </p> <ul><li>39. <a href="/wiki/William_Williams_(Connecticut_politician)" title="William Williams (Connecticut politician)">William Williams</a></li> <li>40. <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Wolcott" title="Oliver Wolcott">Oliver Wolcott</a></li></ul> <p>Two foreground figures at the central table: </p> <ul><li>42. <a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomson" title="Charles Thomson">Charles Thomson</a> (standing)†</li> <li>41. <a href="/wiki/John_Hancock" title="John Hancock">John Hancock</a> (seated)</li></ul> <p>Three figures standing at right: </p> <ul><li>43. <a href="/wiki/George_Read_(signer)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Read (signer)">George Read</a></li> <li>44. <a href="/wiki/John_Dickinson_(delegate)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Dickinson (delegate)">John Dickinson</a>†</li> <li>45. <a href="/wiki/Edward_Rutledge" title="Edward Rutledge">Edward Rutledge</a></li></ul> <p>Two figures seated at far right: </p> <ul><li>46. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_McKean" title="Thomas McKean">Thomas McKean</a></li> <li>47. <a href="/wiki/Philip_Livingston" title="Philip Livingston">Philip Livingston</a></li></ul> <p>(<b>Note:</b> † - Not a signer of the final Declaration of Independence but depicted in painting. Although <a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomson" title="Charles Thomson">Charles Thomson</a> was one of two members listed by name in the earlier Dunlap Broadside as having attested to the Declaration, and many historians believe he had signed the <a href="/wiki/Physical_history_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence#Fair_Copy" title="Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence">original document</a> that was lost. Clinton was not present at the signing of the Declaration.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unpainted_signers">Unpainted signers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Declaration_of_Independence_(painting)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Unpainted signers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were 14 signers of the Declaration who did not appear in the painting: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Thornton" title="Matthew Thornton">Matthew Thornton</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hart_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="John Hart (New Jersey politician)">John Hart</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Morton_(American_politician)" title="John Morton (American politician)">John Morton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Smith_(delegate)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Smith (delegate)">James Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Taylor_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)">George Taylor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Ross_(delegate)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Ross (delegate)">George Ross</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caesar_Rodney" title="Caesar Rodney">Caesar Rodney</a> (<a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Stone" title="Thomas Stone">Thomas Stone</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nelson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Nelson, Jr.">Thomas Nelson, Jr.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee" title="Francis Lightfoot Lee">Francis Lightfoot Lee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_Braxton" title="Carter Braxton">Carter Braxton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Penn_(delegate)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Penn (delegate)">John Penn</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Button_Gwinnett" title="Button Gwinnett">Button Gwinnett</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Hall" title="Lyman Hall">Lyman Hall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="On_U.S._currency_and_postage_stamps">On U.S. currency and postage stamps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Declaration_of_Independence_(painting)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: On U.S. currency and postage stamps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Signing_of_Declaration_1869_Issue-24c.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Signing_of_Declaration_1869_Issue-24c.jpg/210px-Signing_of_Declaration_1869_Issue-24c.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Signing_of_Declaration_1869_Issue-24c.jpg/315px-Signing_of_Declaration_1869_Issue-24c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Signing_of_Declaration_1869_Issue-24c.jpg/420px-Signing_of_Declaration_1869_Issue-24c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="532" /></a><figcaption>The painting was pictured on an 1869 United States 24-cent <a href="/wiki/Definitive_stamp" title="Definitive stamp">definitive</a> postage stamp</figcaption></figure> <p>Trumbull's <i>Declaration of Independence</i> signing scene painting has been depicted several times on United States <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">currency</a> and <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_United_States" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the United States">postage stamps</a>. It was first used on the <a href="/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse" title="Obverse and reverse">reverse</a> side of the $100 National Bank Note that was issued in 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The depiction was <a href="/wiki/Engraving" title="Engraving">engraved</a> by Frederick Girsch of the <a href="/wiki/American_Bank_Note_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="American Bank Note Company">American Bank Note Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same <a href="/wiki/Steel_engraving" title="Steel engraving">steel engraving</a> was used on the 24¢ stamp issued six years later as part of the <a href="/wiki/1869_Pictorial_Issue" title="1869 Pictorial Issue">1869 pictorial series</a> of definitive U.S. postage stamps.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Trumbull's painting is presently depicted on the reverse of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_two-dollar_bill" title="United States two-dollar bill">two-dollar bill</a>. Featured in it are 40 of the 47 figures from Trumbull's painting. Cut out from the scene are: the farthest four figures on the left—George Wythe, William Whipple, Josiah Bartlett, and Thomas Lynch, Jr.; the farthest two figures on the right—Thomas McKean and Philip Livingston; and one of three figures seated in the left rear—George Walton. Additionally, two unrecognized figures were added: one in between Samuel Chase and Lewis Morris and another between James Wilson and Francis Hopkinson, bringing the total number of figures shown in this presentation scene to 42. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and 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id="Other_versions">Other versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Declaration_of_Independence_(painting)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Trumbull_-_The_Declaration_of_Independence,_July_4,_1776_-_1832.3_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/John_Trumbull_-_The_Declaration_of_Independence%2C_July_4%2C_1776_-_1832.3_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg/260px-John_Trumbull_-_The_Declaration_of_Independence%2C_July_4%2C_1776_-_1832.3_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/John_Trumbull_-_The_Declaration_of_Independence%2C_July_4%2C_1776_-_1832.3_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg/390px-John_Trumbull_-_The_Declaration_of_Independence%2C_July_4%2C_1776_-_1832.3_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/John_Trumbull_-_The_Declaration_of_Independence%2C_July_4%2C_1776_-_1832.3_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg/520px-John_Trumbull_-_The_Declaration_of_Independence%2C_July_4%2C_1776_-_1832.3_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1288" /></a><figcaption><i>The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>, John Trumbull, (1786–1820), Yale University Art Gallery</figcaption></figure> <p>Trumbull painted a smaller version (only 20.875 by 31 inches (53.02 cm × 78.74 cm)) entitled <i>The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i> (1786–1820) that is now on view at the <a href="/wiki/Yale_University_Art_Gallery" title="Yale University Art Gallery">Yale University Art Gallery</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-yale69_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yale69-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_and_interpretations">Legacy and interpretations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Declaration_of_Independence_(painting)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legacy and interpretations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, the company <a href="/wiki/Ancestry.com" title="Ancestry.com">Ancestry.com</a> restaged the painting with the 29 living descendants of the men depicted in Trumbull's painting as part of an advertising campaign called “Declaration Descendants".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign included two short films and ran on digital and social media platforms. Shannon Lanier, a descendant of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, said: “When you see the new picture, the new image, it’s a picture of diverse people. Black, white, Hispanic, Native American—a little bit of everything—Asian, and that’s more of a representation of this country.”<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2008 HBO miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)" title="John Adams (miniseries)">John Adams</a></i>, in one of the final scenes of the series, the painter John Trumbull is showing his massive mural to an elderly John Adams for his approval. While staring at the painting Adams mentions, "They're all dead ... except me and Jefferson." He then expresses to Trumbull his disapproval of the work. This leads to a brief argument between the men about the difference between artistic license and historical accuracy. The scene itself is entirely fictional, but serves as a warning towards the fictionalization of the past itself with Adams stating "It is very bad history".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Declaration_of_Independence_(painting)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Congress_Voting_Independence" title="Congress Voting Independence">Congress Voting Independence</a></i>, a similar painting by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Edge_Pine" title="Robert Edge Pine">Robert Edge Pine</a>, 1784-1788</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_Tablet" title="Declaration of Independence Tablet">Declaration of Independence Tablet</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Common" title="Boston Common">Boston Common</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scene_at_the_Signing_of_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States">Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States</a></i> – a <a href="/wiki/1940_in_art" title="1940 in art">1940</a> painting depicting members of the 1787 <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Convention">Constitutional Convention</a> by <a href="/wiki/Howard_Chandler_Christy" title="Howard Chandler Christy">Howard Chandler Christy</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Fathers of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syng_inkstand" title="Syng inkstand">Syng inkstand</a>, pictured in the painting</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTrumbull" class="citation web cs1">Trumbull, John. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/69">"<i>The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>"</a>. <a 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Declaration_of_Independence_(painting)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Keys to the figures</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanrevolution.org/deckey.html">Another key to the figures</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.quiz-tree.com/Declaration-of-Independence-Trumbull.html"><i>Declaration of Independence</i> Flash - based key</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/trumbull.htm">A web page with some information on the painting</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/rotunda/declaration_independence.cfm">Architect of the Capitol</a> Web page on the painting</li></ul> 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Signing_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence">Signatories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Continental_Congress" title="President of the Continental Congress">President of Congress</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Hancock" title="John Hancock">John Hancock</a> (Massachusetts)</li></ul> 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Gerry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rhode Island</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(politician)" title="Stephen Hopkins (politician)">Stephen Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ellery" title="William Ellery">William Ellery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Connecticut</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Sherman" title="Roger Sherman">Roger Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Huntington_(Connecticut_politician)" title="Samuel Huntington (Connecticut politician)">Samuel Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Williams_(Connecticut_politician)" title="William Williams (Connecticut politician)">William Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Wolcott" title="Oliver Wolcott">Oliver Wolcott</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New York</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Floyd" title="William Floyd">William Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Livingston" title="Philip Livingston">Philip Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Lewis" title="Francis Lewis">Francis Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Morris" title="Lewis Morris">Lewis Morris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New Jersey</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Stockton_(Continental_Congressman)" title="Richard Stockton (Continental Congressman)">Richard Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Witherspoon" title="John Witherspoon">John Witherspoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Hopkinson" title="Francis Hopkinson">Francis Hopkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hart_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="John Hart (New Jersey politician)">John Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Clark" title="Abraham Clark">Abraham Clark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pennsylvania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_(financier)" title="Robert Morris (financier)">Robert Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Rush" title="Benjamin Rush">Benjamin Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Morton_(American_politician)" title="John Morton (American politician)">John Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Clymer" title="George Clymer">George Clymer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Smith_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="James Smith (Pennsylvania politician)">James Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Taylor_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)">George Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(Founding_Father)" title="James Wilson (Founding Father)">James Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Ross_(American_politician)" title="George Ross (American politician)">George Ross</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Delaware</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Read_(American_politician,_born_1733)" title="George Read (American politician, born 1733)">George Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caesar_Rodney" title="Caesar Rodney">Caesar Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_McKean" title="Thomas McKean">Thomas McKean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maryland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Chase" title="Samuel Chase">Samuel Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Paca" title="William Paca">William Paca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Stone" title="Thomas Stone">Thomas Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Carroll_of_Carrollton" title="Charles Carroll of Carrollton">Charles Carroll of Carrollton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Virginia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Wythe" title="George Wythe">George Wythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Henry_Lee" title="Richard Henry Lee">Richard Henry Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V" title="Benjamin Harrison V">Benjamin Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nelson_Jr." title="Thomas Nelson Jr.">Thomas Nelson Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee" title="Francis Lightfoot Lee">Francis Lightfoot Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_Braxton" title="Carter Braxton">Carter Braxton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North Carolina</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Hooper" title="William Hooper">William Hooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hewes" title="Joseph Hewes">Joseph Hewes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Penn_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="John Penn (North Carolina politician)">John Penn</a></li></ul> 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Livingston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wisner" title="Henry Wisner">Henry Wisner</a><br /> <b>Maryland</b>: <a href="/wiki/John_Rogers_(Continental_Congress)" title="John Rogers (Continental Congress)">John Rogers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Tilghman" title="Matthew Tilghman">Matthew Tilghman</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Resolves" title="Halifax Resolves">Halifax Resolves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights" title="Virginia Declaration of Rights">Virginia Declaration of Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Resolution" title="Lee Resolution">Lee Resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Five" title="Committee of Five">Committee of Five</a> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/All_men_are_created_equal" title="All men are created equal">All men are created equal</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Life,_Liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_Happiness" title="Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness">Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Consent_of_the_governed" title="Consent of the governed">Consent of the governed</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grievances_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Grievances of the United States Declaration of Independence">27 grievances</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_history_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence">Document's history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Signing_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence">signing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomson" title="Charles 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