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Trumbull's original painting showed 47 signers of the Declaration of Independence. There wasn't enough room on the bill to adequately reproduce the entire painting so only 42 men are shown.

An urban legend has grown up about a black person being depicted on the back of the US $2 bill. In reality the painting only depicts men of European descent, because at the time the founding fathers didn't permit even black freemen to participate in the politics of independence. Part of the painting is shaded, and as a result the engraving has heavier ink in that section which gives one of the signers a slightly African-American appearance.

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