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Print shows Thomas Jefferson, full-length portrait, facing slightly right, standing beside a table; he is lifting from the table the Declaration of Independence with his right hand and pointing to it with his left hand; there is a bust of Benjamin Franklin on the table, as well as several books. On a small table to the right is a single-disc electrostatic generator and beneath that, resting on the floor, is a globe.
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson with Declaration of Independence and scientific instruments. Engraving by Cornelius Tiebout, after a painting by Rembrandt Peale, ca. 1801. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.