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- John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence (Detail)
1817, engraved by W.L. Ormsby, N.Y.; Brooklyn, N.Y. : Cole & Co., 1876
digital file from original print;
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington
LC-DIG-pga-02322
- US Capitol
The Capitol at Washington; Detroit Publishing Co., c.1902,
photographic print, cyanotype;
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, LC-USZC4-5809 (color film copy transparency)
- Charles Thévenin, Prise de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1789;
Dated, 1793,
National Gallery of Art, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Revolutionaries, Friends, Rivals – then, Silence
Thomas Jefferson
Portrait of Jefferson, 1791; by Charles Wilson Peale; located at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John Adams
Portrait of John Adams by an unknown artist after John Singleton Copley, C. 1784
On exhibit in the Butler’s Pantry of the Old House/Peace field, Quincy, MA.
(Courtesy Adams National Historic Park)
People of the Revolutions
Benjamin Rush
Detail of Engraving by Dodson, after a portrait by Thomas Sulley, 1837
Original is in the John S. Phillips Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams by Jane Stuart, C. 1800
Portrait of Abigail Adams by Jane Stuart after Gilbert Stuart , C. 1800. On exhibit in the Long Room of the Old House/Peace field, Quincy, MA.
(Courtesy Adams National Historic Park)
George Washington
Portrait of Washington by James Reid Lambdin, after Trumbull;
Gifted to Mount Vernon by the painter.
From Mount Vernon web site:
“In 1854, James Reid Lambdin created his own painting of George Washington after an earlier portrait by John Trumbull (1756-1843). The original oil on canvas painting, which was given to Mount Vernon by James Lambdin in 1872, is now on display in the Vaughn Lobby of the Mount Vernon Inn Complex.”
http://shops.mountvernon.org/general-washington-by-lambdin.html
James Madison
Portrait by John Vanderlyn, 1816
White House Collection, White House Historical Association
Gilbert du Mautier, Marquis de Lafayette
Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De La Fayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791 by
Joseph-Désiré Court (painting 1834)
(Palace of Versailles)
John Marshall
Early 20th century black and white glass transparency of portrait by Robert Sulley, 1830
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington
LC-DIG-det-4a31386 (digital file from b&w glass transparency)
Thomas Paine
Half-length portrait, facing left. Romney pinxt. ; W. Sharp sculpt.
London : published by W. Sharp, 1793 April 20.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington;
Library of Congress, ID: cph.3g02542
Dr. Joseph Priestley
Frontispiece of Memoirs of Doctor Joseph Priestley; 1904 reprint of volume from 1809.
John Quincy Adams
Early 20th century glass transparency of John Singleton Copley portrait, 1796.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-det-4a31347
(digital file from b&w glass transparency)
Note: Original Copley portrait at MFA-Boston, excellent history of the portrait here: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/john-quincy-adams-31586
Camille Desmoulins
Portrait of Camille Desmoulins by Jean-Sébastien Rouillard, undated
(Palace of Versailles collection)
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Engraving of Talleyrand by H. Rousseau (graphic designer), E.Thomas (engraver)
from: Album du centenaire by Challamel and Lacroix, 1889