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iiOil (1817) by John Trumbull, after his earlier painting of the same name (1786–95). Color separations courtesy United States Capitol Historical Society and Eastern National Park and Monument Association. Of the 48 individuals in the painting, 44 are signers. The likenesses were the basis for many later portraits by other artists.
4Oil (date unknown) by Allan Ramsay. Library of Congress.
5Engraving (1770) by Paul Revere. Library of Congress.
6Lithograph (1830) by either William or John Pendleton, after a cartoon (1774) published in London. Library of Congress.
7Lithograph (1846) by Nathaniel Currier. Library of Congress.
8Engraving (1775) by Amos Doolittle. National Park Service.
9Detail from broadside, publisher unknown. National Park Service.
10Engraving (ca. 1776) by an unknown artist. Library of Congress.
11Library of Congress.
12Oil (ca. 1858) by Bass Otis, after George Romney. Independence National Historical Park.
13Mezzotint (1778) by an unknown artist, after Corbutt. Library of Congress.
14Oil (ca. 1782) by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
17Library of Congress.
19Engraving (1823) by William Stone. Library of Congress.
21Library of Congress.
22Engraving (1859) by John C. McRae, after Johannes A.S. Oertel. Library of Congress.
23Oil (date unknown) by Xavier D. Gratta. Valley Forge (Pa.) Historical Society.
28Oil (before 1897) by an unknown artist, after Thomas Sully. Independence National Historical Park.
29Oil (date unknown) by W. Trego. Valley Forge (Pa.) Historical Society.
30Engraving (ca. 1725–26) by William Burgis. Library of Congress. 33Oil (ca. 1791–94) by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
36Oil (1873) by Nahum B. Onthank, after John S. Copley. Independence National Historical Park.
39Oil (1871) by Caroline Weeks, after John Trumbull. Independence National Historical Park.
41Oil (1901) by Albert Rosenthal, after a miniature by an unknown artist. Independence National Historical Park. In 1913 Charles H. Hart, an authority on historical portraits, maintained that this likeness was not Carter Braxton but was that of his brother George.
43Oil (1823) by Charles Willson Peale, after Rembrandt Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
45Oil (1819) by Charles Willson Peale, after his 1773 painting. Independence National Historical Park.
47Oil (1873) by James R. Lambdin, after John Trumbull. Independence National Historical Park.
48Wood engraving by an unknown artist, after F.O.C. Darley, from Henry Howe, Life and Death on the Ocean (1855). Library of Congress.
49Oil (1872) by Edward D. Marchant, after Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
50Pen and ink drawing by an unknown artist, from Magazine of American History (September 1880). Library of Congress.
51Oil (1876) by Samuel B. Waugh, after John Trumbull. Independence National Historical Park.
53Oil (1874) by Edward L. Henry, after Ralph Earl (Earle). Independence National Historical Park.
55Oil (date unknown) by David Martin. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
57Engraving (1859) by Robert Whitechurch, after Christian Schussele. Library of Congress.
59Oil (1861) by James Bogle, after John Vanderlyn. Independence National Historical Park.
62Detail from the lithograph “Signers of the Declaration of Independence,” published in 1876 by Ole Erekson. Library of Congress. The detail is a conjectural representation; no portrait or reliable likeness of Button Gwinnett is known to exist.
63Lithograph, probably by an artist named Ferris, from William Brotherhead, The Book of the Signers (1861). Library of Congress.
65Detail from the lithograph “Signers of the Declaration of Independence,” published in 1876 by Ole Erekson. Library of Congress.
67Oil (1816) by Samuel F.B. Morse, after John S. Copley. Independence National Historical Park. 70Oil (1873) by James R. Lambdin, after John Trumbull. Independence National Historical Park.
71Oil (ca. 1884) by Herman F. Deigendisch, after Henry Bryan, Jr. Independence National Historical Park. Some authorities have questioned the authenticity of this likeness.
73Oil (before 1893) by an unknown artist, after Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
74Engraving by James B. Longacre, after Charles Willson Peale, from James Herring and James B. Longacre, The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (1836). Library of Congress.
75Oil (before 1851) by Charles Fraser, after Jeremiah Theus. Independence National Historical Park.
77Oil (1873) by James R. Lambdin, after John Trumbull. Independence National Historical Park.
79Oil (1873) by James R. Lambdin, after John Trumbull. Independence National Historical Park. According to one authority, Trumbull based his likeness on the features of Hopkins’ eldest son, Rufus, who bore a close resemblance to his father.
81Oil (before 1854) by Dubois (probably Samuel T.), after Robert E. Pine. Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Independence National Historical Park.
83Oil (1783) by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
85Oil (1791) by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
87Library of Congress.
89Engraving (1826) by Benjamin Tanner. Library of Congress.
90Detail from the lithograph “Signers of the Declaration of Independence,” published in 1876 by Ole Erekson. Library of Congress.
92Oil (1784) by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
94Oil (1906) by Albert Rosenthal, after an engraving from John Sanderson, Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence (1824). Independence National Historical Park.
96Oil (ca. 1770) probably by Abraham Delanoy, Jr. Frick Art Reference Library, New York City, and Taconic State Park Commission, Staatsburg, N.Y.
97Pen and ink drawing by an unknown artist, from Magazine of American History (December 1885). Library of Congress.
99Oil (1875) by Anna Lea, after John Trumbull. Independence National Historical Park. 100Oil (1797) by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
103Oil (1872) by Philip F. Wharton, after Benjamin West. Independence National Historical Park.
104Oil (1873) by Charles N. Flagg, after John Trumbull. Independence National Historical Park.
106Oil (ca. 1872) by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
107Engraving by William Birch, from The City of Philadelphia (1800). Independence National Historical Park.
109Watercolor (ca. 1765) by Pierre Eugene Du SimitiÈre. The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, La.
110Oil (ca. 1876) by William L. Sheppard, after Mason Chamberlin. Independence National Historical Park.
112Oil (date unknown) by Louis E. Lami. Hangs in the Virginia State Capitol. National Park Service.
113Oil (date unknown) by Francis B. Mayer, after Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
115Oil (1876) by Richard M. Staigg, after Edward Savage. Independence National Historical Park.
116Detail from the lithograph “Signers of the Declaration of Independence,” published in 1876 by Ole Erekson. Library of Congress.
118Oil (1860) by Thomas Sully, after Robert E. Pine. Independence National Historical Park.
120Detail from the lithograph “Signers of the Declaration of Independence,” published in 1876 by Ole Erekson. Library of Congress.
122Oil (1873) by Philip F. Wharton, after Benjamin West. Independence National Historical Park.
123Oil (1783) by Charles Willson Peale. The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Del. Gift of Mrs. Julia B. Henry.
125Engraving (1799) by William Birch & Son. Library of Congress.
127Oil (1873) by Philip F. Wharton, after James Earl (Earle). Independence National Historical Park.
129Oil (1874–75) by Thomas Hicks, after Ralph Earl (Earle). Independence National Historical Park.
130Lithograph by an unknown artist, from William Brotherhead, The Book of the Signers (1861). Library of Congress.
132Watercolor (ca. 1760) by an unknown artist. The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, La.
133Oil (1873) by George W. Conarroe, after John Wollaston. Independence National Historical Park. 135Library of Congress.
137Oil (1912) by Laura J. Schneider, probably after George T. Pool. Independence National Historical Park.
139Oil (date unknown) by an unknown artist. New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord.
140Oil (1874) by Samuel B. Waugh, after Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
142Oil (1888) by Ulysses D. Tenney, after John Trumbull. Hangs in the Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth, N.H. Photographer, Douglas Armsden, Kittery Point, Maine.
144Oil (1873) by James J. Sawyer, after John Trumbull. Independence National Historical Park.
145Oil (1873) by Philip F. Wharton, after a miniature attributed to James Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
146Sketch (date unknown) by C.A. Poulson. Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Independence National Historical Park.
149Oil (ca. 1783) by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park.
150Engraving by Henry Dawkins, after W. Tennant, from An Account of the College of New Jersey (1764). Library of Congress.
152Oil (1873) by James R. Lambdin, after Ralph Earl (Earle). Independence National Historical Park.
154Oil (1876) by John F. Weir, after John Trumbull. Independence National Historical Park.
164National Park Service (Tony P. Wrenn).
165National Park Service (Wrenn).
167National Park Service (Wrenn).
168National Park Service (Wrenn).
169National Park Service (Wrenn).
171National Park Service (Abbie Rowe).
172Aquatint by an unknown artist, from Charles W. Janson, The Stranger in America (1807). Library of Congress.
174National Park Service (Charles W. Snell).
175National Park Service (John O. Littleton).
178National Park Service (Wrenn).
179National Park Service (Littleton).
181National Park Service (Snell).
182National Park Service (Littleton).
184National Park Service (Snell). 185National Park Service (Snell).
187Photographer, William L. Klender.
188National Park Service (Littleton).
190National Park Service (Littleton).
192Engraving (date unknown) probably by Stephen A. Schouff. Library of Congress.
194National Park Service (Joseph L. Winn, Jr.).
196National Park Service (Wrenn).
197National Park Service (Wrenn).
198National Park Service (Snell).
200National Park Service (Wrenn).
201National Park Service (Wrenn).
203National Park Service (Snell).
205National Park Service (Snell).
206Historical Society of Princeton, N.J. Photographer, Constance Greiff.
207National Park Service (Snell).
208Department of Public Information, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
210National Park Service (Snell).
211National Park Service (Snell).
212National Park Service (Snell).
213National Park Service (Snell).
215National Park Service (Snell).
216National Park Service (Ralph H. Anderson).
219Engraving by an unknown artist, from Columbian Magazine (July 1787). Library of Congress.
220National Park Service.
223National Park Service.
224National Park Service (Jack E. Boucher).
225National Park Service.
227National Park Service (Snell).
229National Park Service (Snell).
230National Park Service (Snell).
232National Park Service (Wrenn).
233National Park Service.
235National Park Service (Snell).
236Photographer, Jesse Gibbes. 238National Park Service (Snell).
239National Park Service (Snell).
241National Park Service (Littleton).
242National Park Service (Littleton).
244National Park Service (Snell).
246National Park Service (Snell).
248National Park Service (Snell).
250National Park Service (Snell).
251National Park Service (Littleton).
253National Park Service (Snell).
256National Park Service (Snell).
265National Archives.
266National Archives.
—FRONT END PAPER: Engraving (1776) by John C. McRae. Independence National Historical Park.
—REAR END PAPER: National Park Service sketch.
