Some of the Signatures Act of Independence. United States. North America. 1839.

Print of steel engraving titled „Tac Simile de quilques Signatures de l‘acte d‘ Independance“.

Drawn by unknown.

Engraved by unknown.

From „Etats-Unis D‘Amerique by M. Roux de Rochelle. Published by Firmin didot freres. Paris. 1839.

Fifty-six delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia signed the United States Declaration of Independence, a proclamation asserting that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. Although the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress on July 4, 1776, the date of its signing has been disputed. Most historians have concluded that it was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed.

Approx. image size 16, 4 x 11, 3/21, 2 x 12, 4 cm.Condition: good.

Condition: good.