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Building the Cradle of Liberty 

by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Description of the event depicted in the artwork, as offered by Wikimedia: [br] "Andrew Hamilton (center), with a young woman on one arm and an elderly woman on the other, discusses construction plans with a foreman during the construction of Independence Hall (shown in the background) in Philadelphia sometime between 1732 and 1740; Hamilton's carriage stands to the right...
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