This print shows a group of men in a paneled room. The men are dressed in waistcoats, breeches, stockings, and buckled shoes, and they almost all have white hair that curls around their ears. They all appear to have pale skin. Some are standing and gesturing towards a document on a central table, while others are seated on chairs. The room has dark panels and columns that have been shaded in thin, cross-hatched lines.

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Congress Voting Independence

Edward Savage (American, 1761 - 1817)

artist after Robert Edge Pine (American, 1730 - 1788)

c. 1803, printed 1859-1906

Medium: stipple engraving and engraving on heavyweight wove paper
Classification: Print
Dimensions: image: 47.94 × 65.25 cm (18 7/8 × 25 11/16 in.) ; plate: 55.25 × 69.85 cm (21 3/4 × 27 1/2 in.) ; sheet: 59.06 × 74.3 cm (23 1/4 × 29 1/4 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line: Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund, 1949)
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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