Committee of Congress – Antique Wall Art
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Committee of Congress comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Committee of Congress
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Five delegates gathered to draft the Declaration of Independence, and this print shows that committee at work. Congress appointed the group in June 1776, and Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft, which the others revised before it went to the full Congress. The document was adopted on July 4, 1776. Booth's depiction of the moment is a later artist's interpretation of a small room and a famous text, so it shows how the drafting was remembered more than how it looked at the time.
| Medium | |
|---|---|
| Notes | Drafting the Declaration of Independence. Booth, T.D |
| Original scan | 2,441 × 3,300 px · prints to 8 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 00249u |
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