Live or die, sink or swim, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote

Live or die, sink or swim, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote
Live or die, sink or swim, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote

Live or die, sink or swim, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote

Date1925
Artist (American painter, 1877–1950)
Illustration CitationFor calendar published by Ketterlinus Lithographic , Co., Philadelphia 1925
MediumGouache on illustration board
Dimensions10 5/8 × 11 1/2 in. (27 × 29.2 cm)
frame: 19 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (49.5 × 52.1 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-41
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextStanley Arthurs depicts John Adams (at right) of Massachusetts during three days of debate on July 2nd to 4th, 1776. He is addressing another member of the Continental Congress on the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Although Adams' words were not recorded, Daniel Webster composed a speech echoing its sentiments, headed by the words of the caption, and delivered it on July 4, 1826, at Faneuil Hall in Boston.

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