The Declaration in Script and Print - A Visual History of America’s Founding Document

"Examines the publishing history of United States Declaration of Independence prints and broadsides, illustrating a growing appreciation of its symbolic significance and an increasing desire to view it in reliable reproductions"--

About the author

John Bidwell is Curator Emeritus at the Morgan Library & Museum. He is the author of Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts, also published by Penn State University Press.

Summary

Examines the publishing history of United States Declaration of Independence prints and broadsides, illustrating a growing appreciation of its symbolic significance and an increasing desire to view it in reliable reproductions.

Product details

• Authors: John Bidwell, John (Curatorial Chair Bidwell, Bidwell John
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2024
• EAN: 9780271097305
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09730-5
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Penn State Series in the History of the Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, ART / Art & Politics, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), ART / Prints, History of art / art & design styles, United States of America, USA, Prints & printmaking, History of the Americas, American War of Independence