An artist's life-size painting of the
First Continental Congress, assembled to sign the Declaration
of Independence, was copied from a miniature that he began
in 1787. Thirty-six of the forty-seven figures in The Declaration
were painted from life. Jefferson provided the artist with
a rough floor plan and a description of the events that took
place in the Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania State House,
which the artist used to reconstruct the scene. The original
miniature of The Declaration was given to Yale University,
along with the rest of the artist's personal collection, in
1831 in exchange for an annuity.
The artist's mural of the Declaration of Independence is seen
on the $2.00 Bill. We only have a limited # of reproduction
prints available. This print is difficult to find elsewhere.
