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The Declaration of Independence (Primary Title)

Henry S. Sadd, English, 1811 – 1893 (Engraver)
after, John Trumbull, American, 1756 - 1843 (Artist)
John Neale (Publisher)

ca. 1840
American
Works On Paper
Prints
steel engraving on wove paper, mounted overall to board
American Art
Sheet (trimmed past plateline): 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Image: 12 × 17 7/8 in. (30.48 × 45.4 cm)
35.1.293a
Not on view
Unsigned
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by John Trumbull, esq. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved on steel by H.S. Sadd, N.Y. Printed in lower margin: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE./ Of the United States of America July 4th 1776/ Published by John Neale 56 Carmine Street. New York. Printed (or stamped?) in lower left margin: PROOF.
Bequest of John Barton Payne
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