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The above picture is a famous depiction of the 56 signers of the Declaration. It was painted by the artist John Trumbull and can also be found on the back of the $2 bill. The painting features the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence - John Adams, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson (presenting the document), and Benjamin Franklin - standing before John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress. Read the full text of the Declaration of Independence.