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the-declaration-of-independence-of-the-united-states-of-america-by-thomas-jefferson.txt

The first ebook, The Declaration of Independence, digitized by Michael S. Hart for Project Gutenberg in 1971

The Subject of this Portrait

At the time this portrait was created, the subject was available online at gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8 

Screenshot of a black and white text document that begins, ‘The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost…’
Excerpt from the first e-book, The Declaration of Independence
Screenshot of a black and white text document that begins, ‘THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another…’
Excerpt from the first e-book, The Declaration of Independence

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Subject Name
the-declaration-of-independence-of-the-united-states-of-america-by-thomas-jefferson.txt
Subject Creation Date
12/1/1971
Subject Weight
118,862 bytes (123 KB)
Subject Location
gutenberg.org/ebooks/1.txt.utf-8
Entities in Portrait
1 File
Entity Types in Portrait
TXT
Portrait Type
Individual

Portrait Details

Screenshot detail image of the right half of a contiguous cluster of organically shaped hot-pink or bright red pixels, each pixel sitting a top one another, seemingly building a ‘tall pixel wall’ on top of which sits a continent of colorful pixels; against a blood red to navy to white gradient background
Portrait detail
Screenshot detail image of a red to gray supporting ‘wall’ of pixels that build’s front the bottom up to seemingly support an organically-shaped, contiguous, map of blood red and fluorescent pink pixels that expand from right to left; against a navy to white gradient background which is only visible from the top
Portrait detail
Screenshot detail of a very red image, starting from a deep, bright red gradient starting at the bottom of the image and mostly engulfing a series of pink and red connected pixels as it moves upward
Portrait detail

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