“We Hold These Truths” Stretched Canvas Print - Our Story

We Hold These Truths — Dolley Madison

Hands of Providence Collection

As British forces advanced on Washington in August 1814, Dolley Madison remained at the President’s House while others fled the capital. With the danger drawing closer, she oversaw the removal of precious national objects before finally evacuating the city herself.

We Hold These Truths imagines Dolley in the terrible hours surrounding the burning of Washington—carrying not simply possessions from a threatened capital, but the principles and promise of a still-young nation.

Against a horizon consumed by fire, Dolley holds the Declaration of Independence close to her heart, her head bowed in prayer. Behind her lies a city in flames. Ahead lies uncertainty.

It is a portrait not simply of courage, but of dependence: a woman caught inside a pivotal moment of American history, recognizing that human resolve alone could not determine what came next.

Part of the Hands of Providence collection, We Hold These Truths reflects the faith woven throughout the American story—the moments when men and women faced circumstances larger than themselves and reached toward God for strength, wisdom, and guidance.

Historical Figure: Dolley Madison
Historical Era: War of 1812
Collection: Hands of Providence

Product features
- Matte cotton-poly canvas with archival Greenguard Gold latex inks
- Stretched on renewable radiata pine inner frame
- Soft rubber dots and included back hanging for secure mounting
- Available in horizontal, vertical and square formats across many sizes
- Printed with non-toxic, non-flammable latex inks; slight size tolerance ±1/8"

Care instructions
- If the canvas does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, damp cloth.