The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet / painted by F.B. Carpenter ; engraved by A.H. Ritchie.
Summary
Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, President Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General, and Edward Bates, Attorney General. Painting of Simon Cameron appears on the left; a painting of Andrew Jackson is barely visible behind the chandelier.
Caption continues: From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1866 by F.B. Carpenter in the clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Printed at bottom right: Premium Engraving From "The Independent."
Library has two impressions, one without individuals identified and one with names of individuals printed below image.
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