Details
Creator Roberts, William, approximately 1829-, engraver.
Contributor Dimmick, R. A., copyright holder.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Alvord, Corydon A., approximately 1812-1874, printer.
Title Proclamation of Emancipation. By the President of the United States of America. [graphic] / W. Roberts, Del. sc.; C. A. Alvord, Printer.
Publisher New York : [publisher not identified]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1864
Date 1864
Physical Description 1 print : tinted wood engraving ; sheet 61 x 49 cm (24 x 19.25 in.)
Description Print commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation. Contains a portrait of Lincoln surrounded by American flags and a bald eagle with the text of the proclamation below. In the left are three vignettes within an ornamental border that depict the horror of Southern slavery, including enslaved African Americans working at a cotton plantation, a scene of an African American man being auctioned, and African American men being attacked by dogs. In the right are three vignettes within an ornamental border that depict the industriousness of the free North, including a scene with a large house and estate, African American children in school, and a dock with a steamboat. In the bottom is an allegorical scene contrasting the war savaged Confederacy with the prosperous Union.
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by R.A. Dimmick in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Portraits.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
African Americans.
African American children -- Education.
Cotton plantations -- Southern states.
Flags -- American.
Slavery -- Southern states.
Enslaved persons -- Southern states.
Enslaved labor -- Southern states.
Enslaved people -- Southern states.
Enslavers -- Southern states.
Free persons -- United States.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Commemorative prints -- 1860-1870.
Engravings -- 1860-1870.
Printer Alvord, Corydon A., approximately 1812-1874, printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **GC - Emancipation [5792.F.27]
Accession number 5792.F.27