The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet from the original picture painted at the White House in 1864
Title:
The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet from the original picture painted at the White House in 1864
Author:
Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
[New York] : The Independent, [1866]
©1866
Physical Description:
1 art print : black and white (mezzotint) ; 63 x 90 cm
Summary:
Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a table, surrounded by members of his Cabinet, depicted in 1864 recreating the first reading of the Proclamation on July 22, 1862.
General Note:
"Premium engraving from The Independent"--Bottom margin of print.
Title, artist, engraver, publisher, and copyright data in bottom margin of print.
Each person in print identified by name in bottom margin immediately below his figure.
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Warner.
Local Note:
In partially gilt-and-black antique wooden frame ; 86 x 112 cm.
Personal Subject:
Added Uniform Title:
Independent (New York, N.Y.)
Format :
Print
Photo