File talk:Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull.jpg

Comment

This is a dark and somber picture, the colours of the flags in the background prove this point. WHile this is a higher quality picture, it is as clear that the colours and off. Thanks, GerardM (talk) 08:17, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Reuse

Re-used in https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Wenn-die-US-Unabhaengigkeitserklaerung-zur-Hassrede-wird-4106115.html and https://www.achgut.com/artikel/die_falsche_entscheidung_von_uvalde

Protected upload request

{{edit request}} I've corrected the image to retain the cropped pixels by an edit from 5+ years ago, while removing the frame that lead to that modification. I attempted to closely match the contrast/color tone of the recent revisions, however I did not apply a sharpness filter (as it introduced halo effects from being oversharpened). New revision is at File:Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull (modified).jpg. —Locke Cole • t • c 15:31, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Actually uploaded a sharpened revision, modern sharpening tools don't seem to produce as many halo artifacts as in the past... —Locke Cole • t • c 15:39, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

File naming

So... it seems like he originally painted a small format version in 1786, however, the large format version being shown in much of the revision history here is actually from 1818. Not sure on how practical it is to rename this with it being used on so many projects, but this should likely be at the same name with (1818) instead of (1819) in the filename. History taken from this Architect of the Capitol page, though they also list at the top that it is from 1826 (which is not what the text says: Trumbull created the enlarged painting for the Rotunda between August 1817 and September 1818. On October 5, 1818, the painting was put on public view at the American Academy of Fine Arts in New York. Over the next four months, he exhibited it in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore; it was in the Capitol early in 1819 and was displayed or stored in various rooms until 1826, when it and Trumbull’s other three paintings were installed in the Rotunda). —Locke Cole • t • c 16:10, 4 July 2021 (UTC)