1780s: Painting of Founding Fathers of United States.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1780s: Painting depicting the Founding Fathers of the United States, showing George Washington standing before an assembled body of delegates inside Independence Hall, with Benjamin Franklin seated among the gathered men. The camera moves across the artwork, revealing rows of seated statesmen in period dress of coats, wigs, and cravats, with red drapery and a red upholstered chair visible in the chamber. Close-up details highlight individual faces, including Franklin holding a cane, amid papers and a document on a red-covered table suggesting the drafting of the Declaration of Independence or Constitution.
Subjects:
1780s
18th century
american history
archival footage
assembly hall
benjamin franklin
camera pan
close-up
coats
colonial america
constitution
cravats
declaration of independence
delegates
documents
formal attire
founding document
founding fathers
george washington
government
historic art
historic painting
independence hall
interior
painting
pennsylvania
period clothing
philadelphia
politics
portrait
power
red chair
red drapery
retro
revolutionary war
signatures
society
statesmen
table
tradition
vintage
wigs