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It was based on Trumbull's much smaller version of the same scene, presently held by the Yale University Art Gallery.

On the two-dollar bill


Trumbull's original 1786 painting is the source of the picture on the reverse of the two-dollar bill. The differences between this painting and the more famous 1817, including the lack of George Walton and a few additional figures, are therefore reflected on the bill engraving. The engraving makes some changes from the painting as well, most notably cutting out the farthest four figures on the left (George Wythe, William Whipple, Josiah Bartlett and Thomas Lynch, Jr.) and the farthest two figures on the right (Thomas McKean and Philip Livingston).

Links: http://www.moneyfactory.gov/small2denom.html http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/historic-rotunda-paintings/declaration-independence http://chs.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=12912 http://ecatalogue.art.yale.edu/detail.htm?objectId=69