Details
Creator Roberts, William, b. ca. 1829, engraver.
Dimmick, R. A., copyright holder.
Contributor Printer Alvord, Corydon A., ca. 1812-1874, printer.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
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: s.n.,
Date c1864.
Extent 1 print: wood engraving, tinted; 61 x 49 cm.(24 x 19.25 in.)
Description Print commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation. Contains a portrait of Lincoln surounded by American flags and the American eagle; six vignettes within an ornamental border depicting the horror of Southern slavery and the industriousness of the free North; an allegorical scene contrasting the war savaged Confederacy with the proseprous Union; and the text of the proclamation
Notes Copyrighted by R. A. Dimmick.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Genre Engravings 1860-1870.
Commemorative prints 1860-1870.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Portraits.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation
Slavery--Southern states.
Spatial coverage United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Is part of Civil War Miscellany
Call number Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. GC - Emancipation [5792.F.27]
Accession number 5792.F.27

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