Independence Artwork
Famous Pieces Inspired by United States Constitutional History
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull (1756-1843), oil on canvas, 1819
Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776, by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930), oil on canvas
American Revolutionary War
Washington Reviewing the Western Army, at Fort Cumberland, Maryland by Frederick Kemmelmeyer (German, ca. 1755-1821), oil on canvas, after 1795
The Passage of the Delaware, by Edward Sully, oil on canvas, 1819
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, by John Trumbull (1756-1843), oil on canvas, 1820
United States Constitutional Convention
Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, by Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952), oil on canvas, 1940.
Other Notable Images
Portrait of George Washington (The Athenaeum Portrait), by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), oil on canvas, 1796.
Portrait of Paul Revere, John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), oil on canvas, 1768
The Washington Family by Edward Savage (1761-1817), oil on canvas, painted in stages from 1789 to 1796.
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