![[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.] In Congress, July 4, 1776, the Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. New York: Phelps & Ensign, [ca. 1841-43]. Story & Atwood Engravers, 151 Fulton St., N.Y. [Dedication:] To the People of the United States... [signed:] Wm. Woodruff.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/NYR/2012_NYR_02655_0091_000(declaration_of_independence_in_congress_july_4_1776_the_unanimous_decl021341).jpg?w=1)
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[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.] In Congress, July 4, 1776, the Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. New York: Phelps & Ensign, [ca. 1841-43]. Story & Atwood Engravers, 151 Fulton St., N.Y. [Dedication:] To the People of the United States... [signed:] Wm. Woodruff.
Engraved broadside. 1 page, folio (26½ x 19½in.). Vignette of American eagle clutching arrows and olive branch, above flags and horns. Title in ornamental script, text in a uniform round hand, signatures in facsimile, within an ornamental border bearing the seals of the 13 original states and portraits of Washington, Adams and Jefferson. The Washington portrait signed "Gimber Sc., Trumbull Pinxt." Tear repaired in lower right corner.
A variant of William Woodruff's engraving that contains new engravings of the state seals, with the signatures reengraved in facsimile. Produced some twenty years after Woodruff's original, this edition testifies to the steady popularity of this piece of patriotic iconography. Bidwell 4 (variant); Hart 117.
Engraved broadside. 1 page, folio (26½ x 19½in.). Vignette of American eagle clutching arrows and olive branch, above flags and horns. Title in ornamental script, text in a uniform round hand, signatures in facsimile, within an ornamental border bearing the seals of the 13 original states and portraits of Washington, Adams and Jefferson. The Washington portrait signed "Gimber Sc., Trumbull Pinxt." Tear repaired in lower right corner.
A variant of William Woodruff's engraving that contains new engravings of the state seals, with the signatures reengraved in facsimile. Produced some twenty years after Woodruff's original, this edition testifies to the steady popularity of this piece of patriotic iconography. Bidwell 4 (variant); Hart 117.