File:Declaration independence.jpg

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English: 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.

Español: Cuadro del pintor estadounidense John Trumbull. Se encuentra en la rotonda del capitolio de los Estados Unidos (Washington D.C.) y representa la presentación al Congreso del documento que establecía la Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos.

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1819(1819)

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Description	American painter
Date of birth/death	6 June 1756(1756-06-06)	10 November 1843(1843-11-10)
Location of birth/death	Lebanon, Connecticut	New York City
Work location	New York, London

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Camera location	38° 53' 24" N, 77° 0' 32" W	This and other images at their locations on: Google Maps - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap	(Info)38.89;-77.008888888889

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English: This image was selected as a picture of the week on the Malay Wikipedia for the 26th week, 2010.

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Nederlands: Deze afbeelding is gekozen als afbeelding van de week op de Maleisische Wikipedia voor week 26 van 2010.

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This image is a work of an employee of the Architect of the Capitol, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, all images created or made by the Architect of the Capitol are in the public domain, with the exception of classified information.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:06, 9 June 2010		3,000×1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm	(Reverted to version as of 16:02, 9 June 2010 Oh der, I clicked it twice)
	16:05, 9 June 2010		3,000×1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm	(Reverted to version as of 05:54, 26 July 2008)
	16:02, 9 June 2010		3,000×1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm	(Reverted to version as of 05:54, 26 July 2008. The greyer image is a later colour upload. It has been uploaded over the very poor image because that one was SO BAD. Do NOT load over this high resolution file.)
	06:28, 9 June 2010		3,000×1,970 (5.79 MB)	Aavindraa	(take a look at the color in the original. as large as the image is, it isn't representative of the original color.)
	13:42, 8 June 2010		3,000×1,970 (5.16 MB)	Amandajm	(Reverted to version as of 05:54, 26 July 2008. It is obvious that the image prior to Aavindraa's intervention is a high quality image. The intervention wrecked the colours, as apparent in the faces. Do NOT upload over existing images. )
	07:10, 5 June 2010		3,000×1,970 (5.79 MB)	Aavindraa	(fix colors based on original upload)
	05:54, 26 July 2008		3,000×1,970 (5.16 MB)	Panoptik	(high res, yo)
	09:54, 17 April 2008		520×341 (44 KB)	Geni	(Reverted to version as of 04:58, 8 June 2005)
	04:58, 8 June 2005		520×341 (44 KB)	Misogi	(John Trumbull's famous painting depicts the signing of the Declaration.<br> from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Declaration_independence.jpg Wiki-en] {{PD}})