Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
Print, “THE FIRST READING OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION BEFORE THE CABINET,” uncolored, 36” x 26,” legend is somewhat light, two minor creases into graphic, but the print is strong. 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. Simon Cameron.
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