Declaration of American Independence early printing July 4th Gents Magazine 1776
Declaration of American Independency - Independency of American Colonies declared by the Congress - Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, July 4. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Unsigned. Provenance: "Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle", by Sylvanus Urban, Gent. London: Printed at St. John's Gate for D. Henry; and sold by F. Newbery, the corner of St Paul's Churchyard, Ludgate Street . Type: Antique copperplate printed pages; two pages printed on opposite sides of the same single sheet. A very rare (often cited the first British) printing of the Declaration of Independence, extracted from the the August 1776 "Gentleman’s Magazine", published in London. The full text of the Declaration of Independence was first typeset and printed in John Dunlap’s Philadelphia print shop on July 5th and made available for distribution, though it is unclear by exactly what means Dunlap’s broadside reached the press in Great Britain. The Gentleman’s Magazine printing of the Declaration ends with the printed signatures of John Hancock and Charles Thompson. The document is presented in its entirety but with some of its contents censored. References to “King” and “Prince” are replaced with a line “_______.” Any mention of “tyranny or “tyrant” are similarly obscured by the typesetter as “t_______.”
Size: 2871px × 2460px
Location: USA
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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