Declaration of Independence

July 4, 1776

"SIGNING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE," by Col. John Trumbull,

is the most famous of the historical paintings in the rotunda of the Capitol. Ht
is the first painted of four ordered by Congress and was executed between 1817
and 1824. It is valued at $100,000. Jefferson and Franklin furnished the artist
with the details as to the positions of the various figures, etc.