The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Alexander Hay Ritchie|Caleb Blood Smith|Simon Cameron|Andrew Jackson|Samuel Portland Chase|Edward Bates|Gideon Welles|William H. Seward|Abraham Lincoln|Montgomery Blair|Francis Bicknell Carpenter|Edwin McMasters Stanton
Artist bio: American, Glasgow, Scotland 1822–1895 New Haven, Connecticut|American, 1808–1864|American, Maytown, Pennsylvania 1799–1889 Maytown, Pennsylvania|American, Waxhaws, Carolinas 1767–1845 Davidson County, Tennessee|American, Cornish, New Hampshire 1808–1873 New York|American, Goochland County, Virginia 1793–1869 St. Louis, Missouri|American, Glastonbury, Connecticut 1802–1878 Hartford, Connecticut|American, Florida, New York 1801–1872 Auburn, New York|American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, D.C.|American, Franklin County, Kentucky 1813–1883 Silver Spring, Maryland|American, Homer, New York 1830–1900 New York City|American, 1814–1869
Artist role: Engraver|Sitter|Sitter|Sitter|Sitter|Sitter|Sitter|Sitter|Sitter|Sitter|Artist|Sitter
Artist nationality: American, born Scotland|American|American|American|American|American|American|American|American|American|American|American
Date: ca. 1866
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: Sheet: 25 1/2 × 35 1/4 in. (64.8 × 89.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Chase Willett, 1946
Accession year: 1946