The American Declaration of Independence Illustrated – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: The American Declaration of Independence Illustrated, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The American Declaration of Independence Illustrated
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Rather than a single scene, this piece presents the Declaration of Independence itself, with its text set alongside illustrations meant to make the founding document vivid to a general audience. Illustrated printings of the Declaration were especially popular in the nineteenth century, often around anniversaries when Americans looked back on the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and the men who signed a document Thomas Jefferson largely drafted. What stands out is how the pairing of words and pictures turned a formal political statement into a domestic emblem of patriotism.
| Original scan | 3,041 × 3,784 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 01508u |
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