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An 1819 painting titled The Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull. Various figures such as George Washington are shown presenting the Declaration of Independence of the 13 colonies from British rule to Congress. (United States Capitol...

General George Washington's headquarters during the Battle of Princeton, 3 January 1777. Oil on canvas by James Peale, c. 1782. Princeton University Art Museum.

Death of General Hugh Mercer during the Battle of Princeton on 3 January 1777. Mercer is depicted in the center, being mortally wounded by British bayonets after refusing to surrender; British Captain William Leslie is also mortally wounded...

George Washington inspects the colors captured from the Hessians following the Battle of Trenton (26 December 1776). Reproduction of a painting of Edward Percy Moran, lithograph by Hayes Litho. Co. Buffalo, N.Y., August 1914. Library...

Hessian grenadier from Colonel Johann Rall's regiment during the American Revolutionary War. This uniform is what the Hessians would have worn around the time of the Battle of Trenton (26 December 1776). Watercolor By Charles M. Lefferts...

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), British military officer best known for leading British forces during the American Revolutionary War and for surrendering at the Siege of Yorktown. Portrait by John Singleton Copley...

The Continental Army retreats from Long Island during the night of 29-30 August 1776, in the aftermath of the Battle of Long Island, chromolithograph by The Werner Company, Akron, Ohio, 1899. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Worship of Bodhi Tree, sandstone, Bharhut, c. 2nd century BCE. Indian Buddhist Art exhibition, Indian Museum, Kolkata.

Worship at a stupa, sandstone fence-rail from the Bharhut Stupa, Bharhut, Madhya Pradesh, India, early 2nd century BCE. Exhibit in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA.

Buddha sculpture, Stupa 1, Sanchi, 4th-5th centuries CE. This is one of four such images placed at each of the four gateways of the complex.