Historical Context

Purpose:

Point of View:

The author is John Trumbull, he was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical paintings in this case being the Declaration of Independence.

Audience:

The intended audience for this painting was just like who the audience was actually for the declaration who were the American folks and the king of England.

The purpose of the painting by Trumbull was for it to show what was going on during the Declaration of Independence and who was involved in it for the old generation to the new.