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The Declaration of Independence and Portraits of the Presidents

(American)
(American, 1756–1843)
1859
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
Credit LineBequest of Abram Edmands Cutter
Accession number01.8657
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, across top of image: [names and reign dates of the various presidents, from George Washington to James Buchanan] In plate, in facsimile script: [text of the Declaration of Independence and signatures of the signers] In plate, in image: The / Declaration / of / Independence / and / Portraits of the / Presidents. In plate, below image, at center: Engraved & Printed by Illman & Sons, 603 Arch St. Philada.
ProvenanceBy 1900, Abram Edmands Cutter (b. 1822 - d. 1900), Brookline, MA; 1901, bequest of Abram Edmands Cutter to the MFA. (Date accessioned: October 1, 1901)