File:Declaration independence.jpg

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Artist



Description	American painter
Date of birth/death	6 June 1756	10 November 1843
Location of birth/death	Lebanon, Connecticut	New York
Work location	New York, London
Authority control	VIAF: 56862633 LCCN: n50011728 GND: 118802844 BnF: cb146112791 ULAN: 500016000 ISNI: 0000 0001 2134 4222 WorldCat WP-Person

Description

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.

Français : John Trumbull (US-americain, 1756-1843): Déclaration d'indépendance figurant la Commission des Cinq déposant le texte de la déclaration d'indépendance. De gauche à droite, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Thomas Jefferson et Benjamin Franklin.

فارسی: جان ترامبول در مشهورترین اثر خود با نام اعلان استقلال، پنج مرد را به تصویر کشیده‌است که در حال تحویل پیش‌نویس اعلامیهٔ استقلال ایالات متحده به دومین کنگرهٔ مهاجرنشینان هستند. این تصویر بر پشت اسکناس‌های دو دلاری ایالات متحده به چشم می‌خورد. تابلو اصلی در ساختمان کاپیتول نصب شده‌است.

Date

1819

Current location

United States Capitol

	Native name	United States Capitol
	Location	Washington, D.C.
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 23.0″ N, 77° 0′ 32.0″ W
	Established	1793
	Website	www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol

Source/Photographer

US Capitol

Camera location	38° 53′ 24.0″ N, 77° 0′ 32.0″ W	This and other images at their locations on: Google Maps - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap	(Info)38.89;-77.008888888889

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Deutsch: Dieses Bild war 2010 in der 26. Kalenderwoche das Bild der Woche in der Maleisischen Wikipedia

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

Македонски: Оваа слика е избрана за слика на неделата на малезиската Википедија за XXVI недела од 2010 година.

മലയാളം: മലയ് വിക്കിപീഡിയയിൽ ഈ ചിത്രം ഈ ആഴ്ചയിലെ ചിത്രമായി 2010-ലെ വാരം 26-ൽ തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തിട്ടുണ്ട്.

Bahasa Melayu: Imej ini merupakan gambar pilihan mingguan di Wikipedia Bahasa Melayu untuk minggu ke-26, 2010.

Français : Cette image est sélectionnée en tant qu'image de la semaine sur la Wikipédia Malaisienne pour la 26ème semaine de 2010.

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

Русский: Эта иллюстрация была выбрана изображением недели в малайском разделе «Википедии» для недели номер 26 2010 года.

Svenska: Denna bild är utvald till veckans bild på Wikipedia på malajiska, vecka 26, 2010.

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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}}