The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet
Artwork Details
- Title: The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet
- Engraver: Alexander Hay Ritchie (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1822–1895 New Haven, Connecticut)
- Artist: After Francis Bicknell Carpenter (American, Homer, New York 1830–1900 New York City)
- Sitter: Abraham Lincoln (American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, D.C.)
- Sitter: Edwin McMasters Stanton (American, 1814–1869)
- Sitter: Samuel Portland Chase (American, Cornish, New Hampshire 1808–1873 New York)
- Sitter: Gideon Welles (American, Glastonbury, Connecticut 1802–1878 Hartford, Connecticut)
- Sitter: Caleb Blood Smith (American, 1808–1864)
- Sitter: William H. Seward (American, Florida, New York 1801–1872 Auburn, New York)
- Sitter: Montgomery Blair (American, Franklin County, Kentucky 1813–1883 Silver Spring, Maryland)
- Sitter: Edward Bates (American, Goochland County, Virginia 1793–1869 St. Louis, Missouri)
- Sitter: Depicted in a painting Simon Cameron (American, Maytown, Pennsylvania 1799–1889 Maytown, Pennsylvania)
- Sitter: Depicted in a painting Andrew Jackson (American, Waxhaws, Carolinas 1767–1845 Davidson County, Tennessee)
- Date: ca. 1866
- Medium: Mezzotint
- Dimensions: Sheet: 25 1/2 × 35 1/4 in. (64.8 × 89.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Chase Willett, 1946
- Object Number: 46.120
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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