File:Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull.jpg

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Summary

John Trumbull: Declaration of Independence

Artist



Description	American painter and architect
Date of birth/death	6 June 1756	10 November 1843
Location of birth/death	Lebanon	Category:New York
Work location	New York, London
Authority file	: Q369263 VIAF: 56862633 ISNI: 0000000121344222 ULAN: 500016000 LCCN: n50011728 WGA: t/trumbull WorldCat

Title

Declaration of Independence

Object type

painting

Genre

history painting

Description

English: John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. The painting can be found on the back of the U.S. $2 bill. The original hangs in the US Capitol rotunda. It does not represent a real ceremony; the characters portrayed were never in the same room at the same time.

Español: Cuadro del pintor estadounidense John Trumbull. Se encuentra en la rotonda del capitolio de los Estados Unidos (Washington D.C.) y representa la presentación al Congreso del documento que establecía la Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos.

Français : John Trumbull (US-americain, 1756-1843): Déclaration d'indépendance figurant la Commission des Cinq déposant le texte de la déclaration d'indépendance. De gauche à droite, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Thomas Jefferson et Benjamin Franklin.

فارسی: جان ترامبول در مشهورترین اثر خود با نام اعلان استقلال، پنج مرد را به تصویر کشیده‌است که در حال تحویل پیش‌نویس اعلامیهٔ استقلال ایالات متحده به دومین کنگرهٔ مهاجرنشینان هستند. این تصویر بر پشت اسکناس‌های دو دلاری ایالات متحده به چشم می‌خورد. تابلو اصلی در ساختمان کاپیتول نصب شده‌است.

Depicted people

Date

1819

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 366 cm (12 ft)

; width: 549 cm (18 ft)

Collection

United States Capitol

	Native name	United States Capitol
	Parent institution	United States Capitol Complex
	Location	Washington, D.C.
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 23″ N, 77° 00′ 33″ W
	Established	1793
	Website	www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol
	Authority file	: Q54109 VIAF: 156416989 ULAN: 500312804 LCCN: sh85141041 NRHP: 19600002 GND: 4485832-2 WorldCat

Accession number

NPG D1357 (National Portrait Gallery)

Object location

38° 53′ N, 77° 01′ W

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Place of creation

United States of America

References

Source/Photographer

US Capitol

Other versions

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Camera location	38° 53′ 24″ N, 77° 00′ 32″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	38.890000; -77.008889

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Tiếng Việt: Hình này đã được chọn làm hình ảnh của tuần trên Wikipedia tiếng Mã Lai trong tuần thứ 26, năm 2010.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:43, 5 July 2021	3,000 × 1,970 (6.32 MB)	Locke Cole	sharpened lightly
	06:41, 5 July 2021	3,000 × 1,970 (5.08 MB)	Locke Cole	adjusted to avoid cropping off individuals on edge of image
	22:48, 25 April 2017	2,976 × 1,969 (4.38 MB)	~riley	COM:OVERWRITE Reverted to version as of 20:15, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
	00:48, 4 April 2017	2,976 × 1,969 (1.07 MB)	Pixel8tor	Adjusted color.
	20:15, 1 June 2013	2,976 × 1,969 (4.38 MB)	Harpsichord246	Removed grey haze and pieces of frame left in picture.
	16:06, 9 June 2010	3,000 × 1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm	Reverted to version as of 16:02, 9 June 2010 Oh der, I clicked it twice
	16:05, 9 June 2010	3,000 × 1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm	Reverted to version as of 05:54, 26 July 2008
	16:02, 9 June 2010	3,000 × 1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm	Reverted to version as of 05:54, 26 July 2008. The greyer image is a later colour upload. It has been uploaded over the very poor image because that one was SO BAD. Do NOT load over this high resolution file.
	06:28, 9 June 2010	3,000 × 1,970 (5.79 MB)	Aavindraa	take a look at the color in the original. as large as the image is, it isn't representative of the original color.
	13:42, 8 June 2010	3,000 × 1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm	Reverted to version as of 05:54, 26 July 2008. It is obvious that the image prior to Aavindraa's intervention is a high quality image. The intervention wrecked the colours, as apparent in the faces. Do NOT upload over existing images.