Congress Voting the Declaration of Independence,Assembly Room,Philadelphia,c1850
Title: [Congress voting the Declaration of Independence]
Creator(s): Savage, Edward, 1761-1817, engraver
Related Names:
Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788 , artist
Date Created/Published: [Boston : between 1800? and 1900?]
Summary: Print shows men gathered in the Assembly Room in the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall), Philadelphia. Completed figures include John Adams, Roger Sherman, James Wilson and Thomas Jefferson, handing a document to John Hancock, president of the Congress. Seated in the front from left to right are Samuel Adams, Robert Morris, Benjamin Franklin (in a Windsor chair), Charles Carroll and Stephen Hopkins (wearing a dark hat). (Source: American Antiquarian Society catalog, 2008)
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.
Engravings--1800-1900.
Group portraits--1770-1780.
Portrait prints--1770-1780.
Bookmark /2008678323/
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