Thomas Jefferson (right), Benjamin Franklin (left), and John Adams (center) meet at Jefferson's lodgings, on the corner of Seventh and High (Market) streets in Philadelphia, to review a draft of the Declaration of Independence. From a postcard reproduction of the oil painting "Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776" by Jeon Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930). The faces of Franklin and Adams evoke rich characterizations. Jefferson's expression is harder to pin down, unless it be simple sincerity.
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