Declaration of Independence Tablet explained

Declaration of Independence Tablet
Artist:	John Francis Paramino
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	13

Declaration of Independence Tablet is a 1925 sculpture by John Francis Paramino, installed at Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Description and history

The bronze tablet is a copy of John Trumbull's 1818 Declaration of Independence painting, set into a granite block with an eagle carved at the top. The work was cleaned, colored, and recoated in 1988, and was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.^[1]

See also

• 1925 in art
• Founding Fathers of the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: Declaration of Independence Tablet, (sculpture). . . October 20, 2019 . May 6, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154001/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!297740~!0#focus . live .