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The United States Capitol Historical Society Ornament, "Signing of the Constitution"!
- Item Number
- 321
- Estimated Value
- 40 USD
- Sold
- 25 USD to hutchil
- Number of Bids
- 2 - Bid History
Item Description
"Signing of the Constitution" Ornament!
"Howard Chandler Christy completed his 20 x 30 foot framed oil-on-canvas painting, "The Signing of the United States Constitution" in 1940. Congress commissioned the painting in 1939 as part of the observance of the Constitution's sesquicentennial.
The painting depicts the Constitutional Convention in Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. George Washington presides on the platform next to Richard Spaight of North Carolina, who is signing the document. Eighty-one-year old Benjamin Franklin is seated in the center, with Alexander Hamilton leaning toward him, while James Madison appears farther to the right.
To achieve the greatest possible accuracy, Christy searched for portraits by the best artists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, such as Charles Wilson Peale and Gilbert Stuart. He located portraits of thirty-seven out of the thirty-nine delegates and the Secretary, William Jackson."
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