Congress Voting Independence
Congress Voting Independence is a painting by Robert Edge Pine. It represents the interior of Independence Hall in Philadelphia is, with the portraits of most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The artist worked from 1784 until his death in 1788 at the painting. The picture was unfinished at this time. It is currently in the Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
Identification of portraits
Most of the portraits were identified. The central characters, from left to right, are John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert R. Livingston and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin (sitting).
In the left foreground is Samuel Adams of Massachusetts and Robert Morris of Pennsylvania ( dressed in white ). Above Samuel Adams Robert Treat Paine from Massachusetts and above him Dr. Benjamin Rush of Pennsylvania. Immediately to the left of Samuel Adams Samuel Chase. About Robert Morris dressed dark is Benjamin Harrison.
Are on the right edge of the picture, from right to left, Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Iceland, Reverend John Witherspoon, Caesar Rodney of Delaware, Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, Charles Carroll of Maryland (seated in foreground), John Morton of Pennsylvania, a non- determined Signateur, Richard Henry Lee ( leaning over the table ) and John Hancock ( sitting upright ).
Engraving by Edward Savage
On the basis of the painting an engraving was created in 1801 by Edward Savage, who had the unfinished picture painted finished before.
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- Http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/indeimg/congress.html
- Hart, " Congress Voting Independence, " Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 29 (1905 ): 1-14.
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