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Engraving in a gilt frame of the presentation of the Declaration of Independence. In the room where the signing was held, men are seated and standing with five major figures presenting the declaration to five other men standing behind a desk. Around the engraving are eigh smaller portraits of major political figures and the seals of twenty-six states. Major figures are identified at the bottom beneath the declaration.
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Printed on the bottom of the print: ""Engraved by D. Kimberly. Entered according...in the year 1838, by the Franklin Print Co. in the clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts. The lettering by J.B. Bolton./ Published by the Franklin Print Compy./ 46 Court Street./ Boston.""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Kimberly, Denison, 1814-1863 (Engraver)
Franklin Print Co. (Publisher)
Bolton, J. B. (Calligrapher)
Boston, MA, USA
14 3/8 x 11 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.412
Massachusetts (United States)
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