Chris Calle: 200th Anniversary of New Jersey

Artist: Chris Calle
1961 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1987
Image Size: 18.25 by 12.125 inches
Overall Size: 23.25 by 20.5 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Cold Press Illustration Board

The first state to elect delegates to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, New Jersey's representatives assumed the leadership of the small states' fight for fair representation. David Brearley came to the Convention with a view of being as useful as he could to the small states' cause, and in giving energy and stability to a new federal government. Johnathan Dayton proved to be a vigorous defender of small states' rights. William Livingston was the governor of New Jersey, and at age sixty-three the delegation's elder statesman. He challenged his fellow small state delegates to create their own federal plan of government in response to the large states' Virginia Plan. William Paterson devised the New Jersey Plan which sought to maintain the equal representation system of the Congress of the Confederation. Although it raised serious objections, the Plan became a model for later compromises. When the time came to sign the Constitution on September 17, 1787, these four men heartily endorsed the new document.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® Maximum Card for the U.S. 22¢ New Jersey Ratifies the Constitution stamp issued September 11, 1987.

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