Highlights from DIVA: Declaration of Independence

To commemorate Independence Day this week, check out this painting Declaration of Independence by American artist John Trumbull, part of the CSU World Image Archive on DIVA. Declaration of Independence is from a series of paintings by Trumbull that depict historical events from the American Revolution. Commissioned by Congress in 1817, the painting is currently exhibited in the rotunda of the United States Capitol. In the foreground of the painting, political figures Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Benjamin Franklin are presenting the Declaration of Independence to Congress. Benjamin Harrison is seated on the left side of the painting and John Hancock is seated next to Charles Thomson on the right side of the painting. The CSU World Image Archive also contains other paintings by Trumbull on view in the United States Capitol, such as General George Washington Resigning his Commission and Surrender of General Cornwallis.