DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE — TYLER, Benjamin Owen, publisher, Peter MAVERICK engraver. In Congress, July 4th 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America. When in the course of human events...with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor, Washington D.C., Benjamin Owen Tyler, 1818.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE — TYLER, Benjamin Owen, publisher, Peter MAVERICK engraver. In Congress, July 4th 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America. When in the course of human events...with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor, Washington D.C., Benjamin Owen Tyler, 1818. Benjamin Owen Tyler's careful 1818 facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, dedicated to Thomas Jefferson The publication of an expensive engraved reproduction of Jonathan Trumbull's famous painting "The Declaration of Independence" coincided with publication of two competing engraved facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence itself, one by John Binns (embellished with portraits of principal patriots), the other by Massachusetts engraver and entrepreneur Benjamin Owen Tyler. The simultaneous appearance of the three engravings reflects the American public's heightened reverence for the nation's fundamental charter as it approached its 50-year anniversary, marking a time when "Americans discovered the noble sentiments in the Declaration," and began to view it "not as a mere instrument of diplomacy but as the birthright of a nation, as a manifesto of human dignity and personal rights" (Bidwell). Large folio (750 x 600mm). Finely engraved calligraphic text, the first few lines decorated with ornamental penwork flourishes and ornate capitals, key words of the text of the Declaration rendered in a variety of large shaded, gothic or cross-hatched capitals; at bottom right is the small legend "Engraved by Peter Maverick Newark, N.J; imprint beneath engraved signatures of the Signers at bottom: "Copied from the original Declaration of Independence in the Department of State and Published by Benjamin Owen Tyler, Professor of Penmanship, City of Washington, 1818." (Mounted on linen, several vertical tears, minor losses at margins). Additional notes can be found at christies.com.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE — TYLER, Benjamin Owen, publisher, Peter MAVERICK engraver. In Congress, July 4th 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America. When in the course of human events...with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor, Washington D.C., Benjamin Owen Tyler, 1818.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE — TYLER, Benjamin Owen, publisher, Peter MAVERICK engraver. In Congress, July 4th 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America. When in the course of human events...with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor, Washington D.C., Benjamin Owen Tyler, 1818. Benjamin Owen Tyler's careful 1818 facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, dedicated to Thomas Jefferson The publication of an expensive engraved reproduction of Jonathan Trumbull's famous painting "The Declaration of Independence" coincided with publication of two competing engraved facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence itself, one by John Binns (embellished with portraits of principal patriots), the other by Massachusetts engraver and entrepreneur Benjamin Owen Tyler. The simultaneous appearance of the three engravings reflects the American public's heightened reverence for the nation's fundamental charter as it approached its 50-year anniversary, marking a time when "Americans discovered the noble sentiments in the Declaration," and began to view it "not as a mere instrument of diplomacy but as the birthright of a nation, as a manifesto of human dignity and personal rights" (Bidwell). Large folio (750 x 600mm). Finely engraved calligraphic text, the first few lines decorated with ornamental penwork flourishes and ornate capitals, key words of the text of the Declaration rendered in a variety of large shaded, gothic or cross-hatched capitals; at bottom right is the small legend "Engraved by Peter Maverick Newark, N.J; imprint beneath engraved signatures of the Signers at bottom: "Copied from the original Declaration of Independence in the Department of State and Published by Benjamin Owen Tyler, Professor of Penmanship, City of Washington, 1818." (Mounted on linen, several vertical tears, minor losses at margins). Additional notes can be found at christies.com.
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