[Congress voting the Declaration of Independence] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Congress voting the Declaration of Independence], [Boston : between 1800? and 1900?] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d4/d46be839d7a8-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of [Congress voting the Declaration of Independence]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Congress voting the Declaration of Independence]
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What sets this engraving apart is that it was never finished. The plate reproduces a painting that Robert Edge Pine, an English-born artist who worked in Philadelphia, began and that Edward Savage completed. The scene shows the Continental Congress voting on independence in 1776, the moment that led to the Declaration that Thomas Jefferson drafted. Because the plate was left incomplete in the early 19th century, impressions pulled from it reflect an unfinished state, and restrikes from the plate were made late in that century.
| Created / published | [Boston : between 1800? and 1900?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1770-1780.Group portraits 1770-1780.Engravings 1800-1900. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. An unfinished plate, from a painting begun by Robert Edge Pine (d. 1788) and finished by Edward Savage. The plate was also left unfinished in the early 19th century and is located at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Restrikes from that plate were made late in the 19th century. (Source: American Antiquarian Society catalog, 2008) NOS. Print not found in 2006 or 2008 searches. Last confirmed use: returned from 1996 exhibit loan 4412-L. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,149 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110791 |
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