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[Declaration of Independence; July 4, 1776] – Vintage Print

[Declaration of Independence; July 4, 1776] — historic print
[Declaration of Independence; July 4, 1776]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare historic print captures [Declaration of Independence; July 4, 1776] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Declaration of Independence; July 4, 1776]

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The print takes its subject from the Declaration of Independence, which the Continental Congress adopted on July 4, 1776, formally announcing the thirteen colonies' break from Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson drafted the text, and Congress revised it before approval. The caption card records no date for the print itself, so it may be a later reproduction of the 1776 document, a common practice as the Declaration became a national symbol. Many delegates did not sign the engrossed copy until August 2, 1776, a detail worth remembering when the adoption date is printed as the document's date.

Medium1 print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,154 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-124188

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