United States Declaration of Independence Dunlap Broadside

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The Dunlap broadside was the first published version of the Declaration.

This image is a digital version of the "Dunlap Broadside" copy of the Declaration of Independence held at the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. This image is available to download directly from the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library website at beinecke.library.yale.edu/ by searching for "Dunlap broadside."

Author Original printing by John Dunlap (1747-1812)

This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, where Works published prior to 1978 were copyright protected for a maximum of 75 years. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" PDF. Works published before 1923, in this case 1776, are now in the public domain.

These images are also in the public domain in countries that figure copyright from the date of death of the artist (post mortem auctoris), in this case John Dunlap (1747-1812), and that most commonly runs for a period of 50 to 70 years from the last day of that year.

By Original printing by John Dunlap (1747-1812) uploader was Mkimberl at en.wikipedia (from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons