The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

Signing the Declaration of Independence

Asher Brown Durand

The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

Waterman Lilly Ormsby, After John Trumbull, Cole & Co., Brooklyn, New York

Washington and His Generals with Key

Alexander Hay Ritchie

Patrick Henry Delivering His Celebrated Speech in the House of Burgesses, Virginia

Alfred Jones

Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly

Unknown artist

Patrick Henry Addressing the Virginia Assembly

Unknown artist

View of the Senate of the United States in Session

Unknown artist

The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States, April 30th 1789 – At the Old City Hall, New York – The oath of office was administered by Chancellor Livingston of the States of New York – Mr. Otis the Secretary of the Senate holding up the Bible on a crimson cushion.

Currier & Ives, George Washington

"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!–Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the Rights of the Colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd, 1775. Concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the Revolution"

Currier & Ives

Napoleon in the Chamber of Deputies, from the Political and Military Life of Napoleon

Charles Étienne Pierre Motte

Treaty of Léoben

Nicolas Henri Jacob

Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside

Thomas Oldham Barlow