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., 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.
Creator
Roberts, William, approximately 1829-, engraver
Date
1864
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Emancipation [5792.F.27]
