The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet
Alexander Hay Ritchie, American, 1822 - 1895
after Francis Bicknell Carpenter, American, 1830 - 1900
about 1866
Engraving on wove paper
Overall: 24 × 36 in. (61 × 91.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Stanley P. Miner, Class of 1922
PR.975.88
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, lower left: PAINTED BY F. B. CARPENTER; lower right: ENGRAVED BY A. H. RITCHIE; center: THE FIRST READING OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION BEFORE THE CABINET; above this, in small printed text, left to right: Edwin M. Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Caleb Smith, William H. Seward, Montgomery Blair.
Course History
HIST 7.32, Civil War Photography, Robert Bonner, Spring 2019
HIST 7.32, Civil War Photographs, Robert Bonner, Winter 2022
Exhibition History
Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 23-March 21, 1976.
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