The first reading of the Emancipation Proclaimation before the cabinet [engraving]

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclaimation before the cabinet [engraving]

1 hand colored print ; inside mat 62 x 85 cm.; inside frame 75 x 98 cm. ; outside frame 87 x 101 cm.

P&E L1998G23.17 framed

Members of Lincoln's cabinet are gathered around a table in the White house where Lincoln, seated at the left end of the table facing forward, holds the papers with the proclaimation either just prior to or just after the reading. Rectangle.
The artist, Francis B. Carpenter contracted with the New York publisher to pay A. H. Ritchie $6,000 to produce an engraving of his painting. It took Ritchie two years to complete the engraving, so by the time it was published, Lincoln had died, which made the publication an overwhelming success. The publisher later recalled that over 30,000 copies were struck, wearing out the plate.
Framed in a 2 1/2" gold American scoop frame with inner beaded silver lacquer insert and a 3" French lined mat.
This engraving was displayed in an exhibition at Anderson House, entitled "Inheriting the Revolution: Loyalty, Brotherhood and the Society of the Cincinnati during the Civil War," from May 11, 2007 to Januaru 5, 2008
The Walter P. Swain Jr. Memorial Collection; gift of Philip S. Keeler, Jr.

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