Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plaque mounted on board: Declaration Of Independence
Object Number:
INV.14352
Date:
1976
Medium:
Brass, wood, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 x 33 x 1 1/4 in. ( 104.1 x 83.8 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
black-painted intaglio: obverse of plaque: "IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776. / The unaminous Declarationof the thirteen united States of America, / [etc.]"
Description:
Rectangular brass plaque with facsimile of the Declaration of Independence in black-painted intaglio lettering, probably produced for the Bicentennial; mounted in black-painted wooden frame with border of thirteen brass stars; small rectangular brass plaque without inscription affixed to lower front of frame; heavy metal bar attached to back for hanging.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
