Carpenter, Francis Bicknell, 1830-1900 The First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation...[engraving after Carpenter]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10020 Author/Creator: Carpenter, Francis Bicknell, 1830-1900 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Print Date: 1866 Pagination: 1 print ; Framed dimensions 87 x 107 Order a Copy
One engraving depicting the First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation based on the painting by Francis Bicknell CArpenter dated 1866. Steel engraving by A. H. Ritchie after the painting by Francis B. Carpenter. Fully titled "The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet. From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864." Large "premium engraving from 'The Independent.'" The image depicts Lincoln and his cabinet at his first reading of the proclamation, ending slavery in states still in rebellion. From left to right the men are identified (per the caption): Edwin M. Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Caleb B. Smith, William H. Seward, Montgomery Blair and Edward Bates. A Confederate printer issued a virtual copy of this substituting Jefferson Davis and his cabinet, entitling it Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet.
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