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| Keywords: Declaration of Independence - USA.jpg LargeImage <font color AA0000>Note This image has 10 89 MB it would be best to download it first </font> A facsimile of the Declaration of Independence in an ornamental oval frame with medallions of seals of the thirteen original colonies and medallion portraits of John Hancock George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Above is an eagle with shield olive branch and arrows holding a streamer reading E Pluribus Unum An incomplete state of the print was deposited for copyright by John Binns on November 4 1818 It was accompanied by a prospectus card which describes the print thus A Splendid Edition of the Declaration of Independence The Design in imitation of Bas Relief will encircle the Declaration as a cordon of honor surmounted by the Arms of the United States Immediately underneath the arms will be a large medallion portrait of General George Washington supported by cornucopiae and embellished with spears flags and other Military trophies and emblems On the one side of this medallion portrait will be a similar portrait of John Hancock and on the other a portrait of Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of Independence The arms of 'The Thirteen United States' in medallion united by wreaths of olive leaves will form the remainder of the cordon which will be further enriched by some of the characteristic productions of the United States; such as the Tobacco and Indigo plants the Cotton Shrub Rice c The fac similes sic will be engraved by Mr Vallance who will execute the important part of the publication at the City of Washington where by permission of the Secretary of State he will have the original signatures constantly under his eye At the bottom of the print appears an endorsement by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams which reads Department of State 19th April 1819 I certify that this is a Correct copy of the original Declaration of Independence deposited at this Department; and that I have compared all the signatures of the original and found them Exact Imitations The Port Folio magazine Philadelphia for January 1819 reports We have at length been gratified with the sight of a proof-sheet of the splendid copy of the 'declaration of Independence;' and we declare that it deserves the most liberal support The writer goes on to mention that Binns's print prompted a rash of inferior imitations LOC-image pga 01013 Entered the 4th day of November 1818 by John Binns Pennsylvania S l s n c1818 published 1819 Originally designed by John Binns 1772-1860 Ornamental part drawn by Geo Bridport Arms of the United States and the Thirteen States drawn from Official Documents by Thos Sully Portrait of Genl Washington painted in 1795 by Stuart Portrait of Thomas Jefferson painted in 1816 by Otis Portrait of John Hancock painted in 1765 by Copley Ornamental Part Arms of the United States and the Thirteen States engraved by Geo Murray The writing designed and engraved by C H Parker Portraits engraved by J B Longacre Printed by James Porter No known restrictions on publication The original image was a tiff file I've equalised its contrast sharpened it and saved it as a jpg Alex D talk http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pga 01013 PD-Old United States Declaration of Independence Thirteen Colonies | ||||
