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Creator Currier & Ives.
Title Freedom to the slaves. Proclaimed January 1st 1863, by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof”__ Lev. XXV 10 [graphic].
Publisher [New York] : Pub. By Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1863
Date [ca. 1863]
Physical Description 1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 40 x 30 cm (16 x 12 in.))
Description Civil War print evoking the Emancipation Proclamation depicting a freed, enslaved family with Abraham Lincoln in an outdoor setting. Shows Lincoln standing in the right, bearded, attired in a suit, and pointing the finger of his right hand into the air (and to the heavens) while his left hand is being kissed by the African American father of the family. The man, attired in shirtsleeves tucked into striped pants, kneels, and holds the right hand of Lincoln with his left hand as he kisses it. His right arm is by his side and his right hand holds a yellow, brimmed hat to the ground. Part of a broken shackle is under Lincoln’s foot by the left knee of the man. Behind the African American man, stands his African American woman partner holding a baby to her chest. She holds the baby’s arm with her left hand and their bottom with her right. A young child in a thigh-length smock with ragged edges stands at her right side. The woman wears a tied, green-striped head band around her forehead, a shawl with stripes, and a pink sheath dress with a floral pattern. Patches of grass are visible in the foreground and the roof and chimney of a dwelling are visible in the background.
Is referenced by Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné 2311
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Purchased in part with the Davida T. Deutsch African American History Fund.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Portraits.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation
African American families -- United States.
African American mothers -- United States.
Freedmen -- United States.
Free persons -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC - Emancipation [P.2020.21]
Accession number P.2020.21