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| Title | First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln |
| Alternate Title | First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln |
| Creator |
Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900 |
| Type of Resource | still image |
| Date Created | 1864 |
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital |
| Topics |
Slaves Slavery Secession Civil war Cabinet officers |
| Places | Southern States Confederate States of America |
| Subject Genre | Portraits, Group |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/10176/codu:57876 |
| Rights Statement | Copyright for this painting, and the derivative engraving published in 1866 has expired. This digital file is a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States (17 USC 105). Foreign copyrights may apply. Made available by the University of Denver Penrose Library solely for research and educational purposes. The user is responsible for all copyright, privacy and publicity rights compliance. |
| Language | English |
| Form | painting |
| Extent | 1 online resource (painting) : TIFF file, col. |
| Physical Note | Original: oil on canvas ; 108 x 180 in. |
| Notes | » Website description: In this iconic portrait, Carpenter carefully reproduced the Coast Survey’s map of slavery in the lower right corner after noticing Lincoln’s attention to it. » President Lincoln's cabinet reacts to his reading of the second draft of the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, some 17 months into the Civil War. It was issued that day, and took effect on Jan. 13, 1863. Depicted in the painting are, from left to right: 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 (standing); William H. Seward, Secretary of State (seated); Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General; and Edward Bates, Attorney General. The setting is Lincoln’s office, which also served as the Cabinet Room. (This is the site and approximate size of the Lincoln Bedroom today.) » Credit: U.S. Senate Collection, courtesy of the Office of the Senate Curator. Digitized from the original. » Alternate title from Website. |
| Local Identifiers | nationID: 4.01 Carpenter_Lincoln_Portrait.tif nationID: 4.01 nationIDchrono: 3.15 nationIDcreator: 1.17 |