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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]

Title: Testimonial to Samuel B. Fales Esq. from the Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee
Description: Certificate commemorating Fale's service to the committee. Includes a decorative floral border containing a profile vignette portrait of Fales captioned "The Soldier's Friend", an American eagle, the figures of liberty and justice, interior and exterior views of the Union volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital, and a battle scene., Signed October 25, 1863 by Arad Barrows, Chairman; John B. Smith, W. S. Mason, Curtis Myers, committee on testimonial; and Joseph B. Wade, secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 747, Dunton was a Philadelphia teacher.
Creator: Dunton, Alvin R.
Date: 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Philadelphia Certificates - Charitable organizations [7853.F]

Title: The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet
Description: Commemorative print after the historical painting by New York portrait painter Francis Bicknell Carpenter based on Lincoln's account of the event, and individual portrait studies of the President and the cabinet secretaries. Depicts Lincoln, a draft of the emancipation proclamation in his hand, seated at the head of a long table covered by papers, books, and maps, surrounded by his Cabinet officers in the Cabinet Room. Officers include Edward M. Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, Gideon Welles, Caleb Smith, William H. Seward, Montgomery Blair, and Edward Bates. Contains the names of the sitters below the image. Carpenter resided and completed the painting in the White House between February and July 1864 and wrote about the experience in his 1866 memoir "Six Months at the White House.", Title from item., Date inferred from content., Original painting in the collections of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC., Accessioned 2002., 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: Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895, engraver
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Emancipation [P.2002.1]

Title: Proclamation of Emancipation. By the President of the United States of America
Description: Print commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation containing a bust-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln and two abolitionist vignettes above text from the Proclamation. In the center, Lincoln, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, faces slightly right and is bordered by an American eagle clutching an olive branch and arrows in front of a backdrop of American flags. To the left and right of the portrait are scenes of an auction of enslaved people, with an African American woman, and free African American men working in a carpentry shop. Below the scenes, two African American cherubs hold a banner inscribed, "By the President of the United States of America." Below the text, an allegorical vignette contrasts the productive North with the destitute South depicting a white woman crying, surrounded by her children, sitting underneath a tree., Title from item., Date from copyright statement., Purchase 1972., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., J. Mayer & Company, the Boston lithography firm established by John Julius Mayer in 1862, specialized in practical lithography. Despite the official firm name, John Mayer had no partners.
Creator: J. Mayer & Co., lithographer
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Emancipation [8025.F.4]

Title: Proclamation of Emancipation. By the President of the United States of America
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., 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]

Title: Washington's triumphal entry into New York, Nov. 25th, 1783
Description: Historic scene from the close of the American Revolution depicting General Washington, carrying his hat in his right hand and holding the reins in his left hand, on horseback and triumphantly parading his troops through a crowded New York City street on November 25, 1783. Following him closely on horseback are his principal officers: Governor George Clinton, General Frederick William Augustus, Baron von Steuben, General Thaddeus Kosciusko, General Gilbert Motier De La Fayette, Alexander Hamilton, General Henry Knox, General Israel Putnam, General Nathaniel Greene, and General Horatio Gates. Army personnel in the back carry the St. George cross flag, the New England Pine Tree flag, and the Washington life banner. The exuberant spectators, comprised of prominent figures and everyday citizens, line both sides of the thoroughfare and cheer from the street, balconies, and windows and include: Martha Washington; the society ladies of the Republican Court including Mrs. Cornelia [Tappan] Clinton, Mrs. Anne Willing Bingham, Mrs. Elizabeth [Schuyler] Hamilton, Mrs. Sarah [Livingston] Jay, Mrs. Polly Caton, and Mrs. Abigail Adams; Native Americans of the Six Nations including Chief Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant); General Benjamin Lincoln; Thomas Mifflin; John Marshall; Reverend David Jones; Stephen Hopkins; Miss Bingham; Miss J. Marshall; Mrs. Hamlin; the personification of a free press as an older white man reporter; continental guards; an African American woman peddler seated and holding a basket of grapes; and an older white man veteran with a crutch., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by Geo T. Perry in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania., Copyrighted by George T. Perry., Pamphlet titled Description of the print entitled Washington's triumphal entry, New York, November 25th, 1783 (Philadelphia: George T. Perry, 1861) describes and provides a key to figures in the engraving. Copy of Library of Congress original housed with print. Link to digital version below in Koha Catalog., Peter C. Marzio's Chromolithography 1840-1900: The democratic art, pictures for 19th-century America (Boston: David R. Grodine, 1979), p. 27 and 283., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1973, p. 44-45., Accessioned 1979., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Inger, Christian, lithographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***GC-American Revolution [P.2279], https://www.loc.gov/item/10031942/

Title: In commemoration of the great parade of the Philadelphia Fire Department October 16th 1865 [graphic] : Dedicated to the Philadelphia firemen and their visiting brethren / on stone by Jas. Queen; designd. by Schell; P.S. Duval & Son lith. Philada.
Description: Copyrighted by Barclay & Co., Commemorative print containing a portrait of Chief Engineer David M. Lyle; three vignettes including a view of the Citizens Volunteer Hospital, a horse drawn steam engine, and fire fighters battling a blaze; and a list of fire companies who participated in the parade.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist. P.S. Duval & Son, lithographer., creator
Date: c1865.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W181.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W181 [P.2272]

Title: In commemoration of the great parade of the Philadelphia Fire Department October 16th 1865 Dedicated to the Philadelphia firemen and their visiting brethren
Description: Commemorative print containing a portrait of Chief Engineer David M. Lyle in uniform and three vignettes. Vignettes show an injured soldier being transported from an ambulance at the Citizens Volunteer Hospital; a horse drawn steam engine; and fire fighters battling a blaze with a steam engine. Also contains a list of over 100 regional fire companies who participated in the parade surrounded by a border designed as fire hoses extending from a fire hydrant. The 1865 parade was the greatest one in the history of the fire companies with near twenty thousand fireman processing nearly 20 miles from Broad Street. The men marched with decorated steam engines, hand pumpers, and ambulances., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 369, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Firemen's Parades. FLP holds 2 copies, one is half-sheet., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Reaccesioned P.2272., Advertisement soliciting "Agents for Every Fire Co." to sell the print published in The Philadelphia Inquirer (October 13, 1865), p. 8.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: c1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W181 [P.2272]

Title: The gallant charge of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment On the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island near Charleston, July 18th 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw
Description: Commemorative print depicting the African American regiment's heralded battle at Fort Wagner at the moment of the death of their white commander, Robert Gould Shaw. Shaw, his hand on his chest from the fatal gunshot, falls back on top of the parapet. His color-bearer holding the American flag inscribed, "54th Mass." continues to charge. Gory hand-to-hand battle and bayonet fighting proceeds around them. Soldiers fall to their death. The battle at Fort Wagner fomented Union support of African American regiments and immortalized Shaw as a martyr for the cause., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress i the year 1863, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York., LCP exhibition catalogue: Negro History, p. 50., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Currier & Ives
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Wagner [5779.F.38]

Title: The gallant charge of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment On the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island near Charleston, July 18th 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw
Description: Commemorative print depicting the African American regiment's heralded battle at Fort Wagner at the moment of the death of their white commander, Robert Gould Shaw. Shaw, his hand on his chest from the fatal gunshot, falls back on top of the parapet. His color-bearer holding the American flag inscribed, "54th Mass." continues to charge. Gory hand-to-hand battle and bayonet fighting proceeds around them. Soldiers fall to their death. The battle at Fort Wagner fomented Union support of African American regiments and immortalized Shaw as a martyr for the cause., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress i the year 1863, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York., LCP exhibition catalogue: Negro History, p. 50., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Currier & Ives
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Wagner [5779.F.38]

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