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{{Short description|Sculpture in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.}}
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| artist             = John Francis Paramino
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'''''Declaration of Independence Tablet''''' is a 1925 sculpture by John Francis Paramino, installed at [[Boston Common]], in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], United States.

==Description and history==
The bronze tablet is a copy of [[John Trumbull]]'s 1818 ''[[Declaration of Independence (Trumbull)|Declaration of Independence]]'' painting, set into a granite block with an eagle carved at the top. The work was cleaned, colored, and recoated in 1988, and was surveyed as part of the [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s "[[Save Outdoor Sculpture!]]" program in 1993.<ref name="SI">{{cite web |title=Declaration of Independence Tablet, (sculpture). |url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!297740~!0#focus |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |access-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154001/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!297740~!0#focus |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|United States|Visual arts}}
* [[1925 in art]]
* [[Founding Fathers of the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Declaration of Independence Tablet|''Declaration of Independence Tablet''}}

{{Boston Common}}
{{John Trumbull}}
{{Public art in Boston}}

[[Category:1925 establishments in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:1925 sculptures]]
[[Category:Boston Common]]
[[Category:Bronze sculptures in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Granite sculptures in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Boston]]
[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Boston]]
[[Category:Sculptures of birds in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:United States Declaration of Independence in art]]
[[Category:Sculptures of eagles in the United States]]

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