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Drafting the Declaration of Independence (oil on canvas)

Drafting the Declaration of Independence (oil on canvas)
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Drafting the Declaration of Independence (oil on canvas)

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Chappel, Alonzo (1828-87) / American

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The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, USA

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50.8x60.9 cms

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The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by the 'Committee of Five': Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston.

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