U.S. Declaration of Independence in Gold on Black Velvet
by Serge Averbukh
Title
U.S. Declaration of Independence in Gold on Black Velvet
Artist
Serge Averbukh
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting
Description
Introducing the Antique-Vintage-Retro: Americana collection by C.7 Design Studio, showcasing meticulous digital reproductions of historical Americana paintings, murals and illustrations, digitally enhanced and transformed into large format prints, stylized to preserve look and feel of various mediums. Here you will find framed and wrapped/stretched canvas fine art prints, featuring a rendition of The U.S. Declaration of Independence in Gold on Black Velvet.
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a union that would become a new nation—the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was unanimously approved on July 2. A committee had already drafted the formal declaration, to be ready when Congress voted on independence.
Adams persuaded the committee to select Thomas Jefferson to compose the original draft of the document, which congress would edit to produce the final version. The Declaration was ultimately a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The national birthday, the Independence Day is celebrated on July 4, although Adams wanted July 2.
After ratifying the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. It was initially published as the printed Dunlap broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public. The source copy used for this printing has been lost, and may have been a copy in Thomas Jefferson's hand. Jefferson's original draft, complete with changes made by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, and Jefferson's notes of changes made by Congress, is preserved at the Library of Congress. The most famous version of the Declaration, a signed copy that is popularly regarded as the official document, is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. This engrossed copy was ordered by Congress on July 19, and signed primarily on August 2.
Because of poor conservation of the engrossed copy through the 19th century, a facsimile made in 1823, rather than the original, has become the basis of most modern reproductions, as well as this one
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February 8th, 2014
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