Lithograph
- Title:
- Day of Decision
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1995.589.01
- Creator:
- Faulkner, Barry (1881-1966)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1950
- Description:
- Chromolithograph, Day of Decision, after Barry Faulkner (1881-1966). Ink on paper. Reproduction print of a 1949 mural by Faulkner. Depicts 26 members of the Continental Congress on July 2, 1776. Inside border under illustration: "Reproduced from a mural painting By Barry Faulkner in the Foyer of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Massachusetts." Lower margin at center: "THE DAY OF DECISION / IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 2 JULY 1776. HARRISON OF VIRGINIA READS THE INDEPENDENCE RESOLVE: / 'RESOLVED, THAT THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES.'" Printed signature, in image, lower right: "Barry Faulkner 1949". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-24.8 W-30.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Faulkner, Barry (1881-1966)
- Subjects:
- Murals, History, Chromolithographs
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