Proclamation of Emancipation. By the President of the United States of America. [graphic] / W. Roberts, Del. sc.; C. A. Alvord, Printer.
Title
Proclamation of Emancipation. By the President of the United States of America. [graphic] / W. Roberts, Del. sc.; C. A. Alvord, Printer.
Description
Copyrighted by R. A. Dimmick., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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
Creator
Roberts, William, b. ca. 1829, engraver., creator, Dimmick, R. A., copyright holder., creator
Date
c1864.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. GC - Emancipation [5792.F.27]
[President-elect Abraham Lincoln raising flag in front of Independence Hall in honor of admission of Kansas to the Union, February 22, 1861] [graphic].
Title
[President-elect Abraham Lincoln raising flag in front of Independence Hall in honor of admission of Kansas to the Union, February 22, 1861] [graphic].
Description
Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced as a wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, March 9, 1861, p. 145., Reissued and copyrighted by Theodore S. Hacker in 1865., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Shows Lincoln raising a large American flag while upon a flag-draped platform in front of Independence Hall. Dignitaries stand near the president, a crowd of spectators, including men in trees, surrounds the platform, and guards protect the stage.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer., creator
Date
[February 22, 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. photo - Richards - Events [(3)1322.F.7b]