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Declaration of Independence
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Painting by John Trumbull, 1819.
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- 1819
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John Trumbull’s famous painting, Declaration of Independence, shows the five-man drafting committee (John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin) presenting their work to the Congress. Seated is the President of Congress, John Hancock. The original hangs in the rotunda in the U.S. Captiol building, and a reproduction of the painting appears on the back of the $2 bill.
