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Thomas J. Rusk signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and served as the Republic's Secretary of War. He wrote these words at Harrisburg on April 19, 1836. Two days later he fought at San Jacinto.
Texas Legends No. 12 on canvas: the woodcut portrait beside his words: “What is life worth with the loss of liberty? May I never survive it!”
Gallery-wrapped canvas, 1.25 inches deep, hand-stretched on wood bars, in warm black on Tan, 18 by 12 or 24 by 16 inches, landscape. Ready to hang. Printed to order.
Portrait after an engraving from a Mathew Brady daguerreotype. Image courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.