Asher Durand's engraving of John Trumbull's "The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America."

In 1823, Asher B. Durand made this engraving of John Trumbull's painting The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. Depicted just right of center are the five men responsible for drafting the Declaration: John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin.

Photograph by Robert C. Lautman

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