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The Centennial Fourth - Mr. Richard Henry Lee Reading the Declaration of Independence, at Philadelphia – Antique Wall Art

The Centennial Fourth - Mr. Richard Henry Lee Reading the Declaration of Independence, at Philadelphia, 1876 — antique engraving
The Centennial Fourth - Mr. Richard Henry Lee Reading the Declaration of Independence, at Philadelphia, 1876. Antique engraving from the World's Fairs collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A man reads the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia during the Centennial Fourth of 1876, the hundredth anniversary of the document's adoption. The title names Richard Henry Lee, the Virginia delegate who offered the resolution for independence in Congress in June 1776. J.B. Frost drew the wood engraving, which *Harper's Weekly* printed on July 27, 1876, as the magazine turned the Centennial festivities into images for a national readership. The record's caption suggests the figure may be a descendant of the Revolutionary statesman, though that detail is unverified.

Created / published1876
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
SubjectsWood engraving drawn by J.B. Frost. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 July 27, p. 527. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI (Descendant of Rev. states-man); US Hist.--Decl. of I.; Holidays--July 4; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,167 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-130144

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