Signing of the Constitution (Q2701637)

Label from: English (en)

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genre: history painting (Q742333)
artist: Howard Chandler Christy (Q3141534)
collection: United States Capitol (Q54109)
location: United States Capitol (Q54109)
country of origin: United States of America (Q30)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture control number: IAP 08850092

catalog URL: https://www.aoc.gov/art/other-paintings-and-murals/signing-constitution

information from the United States Capitol catalog

description: Howard Chandler Christy's painting depicts Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Completed in 1940, the 20-by-30-foot framed oil-on-canvas scene is on display in the east grand stairway of the House wing.

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