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Contributor Trumbull, John, 1756-1843, artist.
Traver, C.L., distributor.
American Historical Art Publishing Co., printer.
Title Capitol Washington. [graphic] : Declaration of Independance [sic] at Philadelphia. July 4. 1776. (Thomas Jefferson supposed to be the author.) The fourth of July is the day of national rejoicing, for on that day, the Declaration of Independance [sic] that solemn and sublime document was adopted / Printed in Germany.
Publisher New York ; St. Louis : Am. Hist. Art Publ. Co
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1900
Date [ca. 1900]
Physical Description 1 print : color relief ; sheet 14 x 9 cm (5.5 x 3.5 in.) (postcard format)
Description Postcard depicting the view after the circa 1819 Trumbull painting showing members of the Second Continental Congress gathered in the East Room of Independence Hall signing the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. John Adams, Robert Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin stand before John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in the foreground. In the left, the Liberty Bell is depicted ringing and with the inscription, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.”
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Publisher from copyright statement on recto: Copyrighted No. 8090 Am. Hist. Art Publ. Co. New York City 111 E. 14 Str. St. Louis, Mo. 813 Chestnut Str.
Name of distributor printed in lower left on recto: C.L. Traver, 108 S. Broad St., Trenton, N.J.
Series no. printed in lower right on recto: Colonial heroes, no. 20.
Expository text printed on recto: In the steeple of the state-house was a bell, imported twenty-three years previously from London by the Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania. A joyous peal from that bell gave notice that the bill had been passed. It was the knell of British domination.
Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Subject Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793.
United States. Declaration of Independence.
United States. Continental Congress.
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Liberty Bell.
Genre Postcards -- 1890-1900.
Relief prints -- Color -- 1890-1900.
Associated name Traver, C.L., distributor.
Printer American Historical Art Publishing Co., printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.30]
Accession number P.2019.64.30