John trumbull's painting, declaration of independence, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the declaration of independence presenting their work to the congress. The painting can be found on the back of the u. S. $2 bill. The original hangs in the us capitol rotunda. It does not represent a real ceremony; the characters portrayed were never in the same room at the same time. Object Type: painting. Genre: history painting. Date: 1819. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 366 cm (12 ft) ; width: 549 cm (18 ft). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: George Washington, William Whipple, Josiah Bartlett, Thomas Lynch, Benjamin Harrison V, Richard Henry Lee, Samuel Adams, George Clinton, William Paca, Samuel Chase, Lewis Morris, William Floyd, Arthur Middleton, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Charles Carroll of Carrollton, George Walton, Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery, George Clymer, Robert Morris, Thomas Willing, Benjamin Rush, Elbridge Gerry, Robert Treat Paine, Abraham Clark, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, James Wilson, Francis Hopkinson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Richard Stockton, Francis Lewis, John Witherspoon, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott, Charles Thomson. Collection: United States Capitol. Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull
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