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Images of Independence

Image A:

A colored illustration depicts a large crowd gathered outside of a red brick building with a clock tower. On a balcony of the building, a man reads from a document to the crowd.

Image B:

A black-and-white print shows a man on horseback, wearing a military uniform and a tricorn hat, in the middle of a crowd. The crowd includes both soldiers and civilians, with some men on foot holding a document.

Image C:

A black-and-white print shows a crowd of people gathered in front of a large, formal building with tall windows and columns. A group of men in 18th-century attire stands on the building's steps, with one gesturing toward the crowd below.

Image D:

A black-and-white engraving depicts a large crowd of people pulling down a statue of a man on horseback during the night. The scene is lit by lanterns and a fire, with people using ropes to topple the statue from its pedestal

Image E:

A black-and-white illustration shows five men in colonial-era clothing gathered around a table, looking at a large document. A globe labeled

Image F:

A famous painting shows a large group of men gathered in a formal room with a table and chairs. A small group of men stands at the center table, presenting a document to others who are seated around the room.


Source: Images of Independence

SOURCES CITED:

Croome & Brightly. (n.d.). John Nixon reading the Declaration of Independence to the people in front of the State House immediately after its passage. NYPL DigitalCollections.
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b66bd40-c606-012f-7311-58d385a7bc34?canvsIndex=0

Currier & Ives. (1876a). The Declaration Committee. The Library of Congress.
https://www.loc.gov/item/91795008/

McRae, J. C., & Oertel, J. a. S. (1875). Pulling down the statue of George III by the“Sons of Freedom,” at the Bowling Green, City of New York, July 1776. The Library ofCongress.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.02158/

Reading of the Declaration of Independence from the Old State House, July 18, 1776.(n.d.). Digital Commonwealth.
https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:wh246s47c

Trumbull, J. (1819). Declaration of independence. Wikimedia Commons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Declaration_of_Independence_(1819),_by_John_TruBull.jpg

Waud, A. R. (n.d.). First reading of the Declaration of Independence in New York. NYPLDigital Collections.
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8f2e9e10-c60c-012f-7447-58d385a7bc34



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