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On his return to Canada, in 1883, he was commissioned by the Dominion Government to paint a record of the 1864 Quebec Conference. The painting was later known by the popular title The Fathers of Confederation. [1] Afterwards, he settled in Montreal, and began painting in an academic style the social and political elite in Toronto and Montreal.
An 1885 photo of Robert Harris' painting, completed the previous year and titled, Conference at Quebec in 1864, to settle the basics of a union of the British North American Provinces, also known as The Fathers of Confederation. The original painting was destroyed in the 1916 Parliament buildings Centre Block fire.
Congress Voting Independence of Confederation is a painting by Robert Edge Pine showing the interior of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It includes portraits of most of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. The artist worked on the painting from 1784 until his death in 1788. The painting is unfinished.
Paine has a claim to the title The Father of the American Revolution, [35] [36] which rests on his pamphlets, especially Common Sense, which crystallized sentiment for independence in 1776. It was published in Philadelphia on January 10, 1776, and signed anonymously "by an Englishman". It was an immediate success, with Paine estimating it sold ...
Congress Voting Independence, a similar painting by Robert Edge Pine, 1784-1788; Declaration of Independence Tablet, Boston Common; Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States – a 1940 painting depicting members of the 1787 Constitutional Convention by Howard Chandler Christy. Founding Fathers of the United States
The main collection of Rex Woods material is held in the Royal Ontario Museum with key pieces illustrated in ROM Images, the museum's online collection service. [3] However the archive, which is extensive and includes photographs, documents and other works, has not been catalogued and is not accessible to the public or specialist researchers.
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On June 28, 1776, the committee presented this copy to the "Committee of the Whole" Congress, which was commemorated by Trumbull’s famed painting. The title of the document was "A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled". [11]