Emancipation / G. G. Fish, pinx. ; J.P. Soule, photo.

Photograph shows a woman (Columbia) holding a document (the Declaration of Emancipation?) standing between two kneeling slaves. The slave to her left, a man, holds a U.S. flag; the slave to her right, a woman, is draped in the U.S. flag.

"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by John Sowle [sic], in the clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts." printed on front of the mount.
"Will send the other card in a day or two" written in ink on back of the mount.
Reproduction of a painting by G. G. Fish, possibly by George Gardner Fish.
Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV113; emancipation.
Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.210)