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The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet
The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet
The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet
Engraver Scottish-American, 1822 - 1895
Artist, after Francis Bicknell Carpenter American, 1830 - 1900

The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet

Datec. 1866
MediumMezzotint on paper
DimensionsSheet: 25 × 32 1/4 in. (63.5 × 81.9 cm)
Image: 21 × 32 in. (53.3 × 81.3 cm)
Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Judith Hernstadt to Georgia Museum of Art
Object number2016.212