Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-05


CARPENTERS GREAT NATIONAL PICTURE
" FRsT READING OF THE EMANCIPATION Proc
LANATIoS."-We nave had frequent occasion
to speak favorably of Mr.. F. B. Carpenters
famous picture which was exhibited in this
city some months since e%liciting the most
enthusiastic enconiums. It will be glad in
te~lligence to the subscribers to learn that
Mr.. Ritehie has at last completed the en-
craving of it on which he has been SO long
employed. These beautiful pictures are
ready fr delivery to subscribers at G. W.
sargent's, No. 2l5 Superior street. It is net
our intention at this time to describe the
beauties of the originate or of the transcript,
having done so when the former was on ex-
hibition in this city.
To those who have seen the original iii
enough to state that the engraving is 21xS2
inches in size; that it is a perfect reproduce
ten of the painting, to the minutest detail,
and that it is executed in Mr.. Ritchie's best
style, which is equivalent to saying that it
is as fine an engraving as can be produced
in America. A brief statement of the lead
ing points in the history of the work will be
of interest to those who have not seen the
painting. It is well known that Mr.. Lin
coin contemplated issuing the Emancipation
during the dark days of 1862, and that it
was only postponed in consequence of a sug-
gestion made by Secretary Seward, at one of
the Cabinet meetings, to the effect that such
an act at that time might be considered the
last effort of an exhausted Governments
cry for help the Government stretching
forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethio-
pia stretching forth IFS hands to the Gov
ernment." He therefore proposed that the
document should be held back until some
great Union success might remove this OBJ
stacle- Mr.. Lincoln saw the force cfthe OBJ
%jections and the proclamation was postponed
for the time, but it was made a few weeks
subsequently-immediately after the victory
OF Antietam. II is the tablsau at this Cab
met meeting, when the postponement was
decided on, that Mr.. Carpenter has repre-
sented in the painting.
1t will be a welcome visitor to any loval
household in the country to be treasured
like the Penates of old. The room is paint
ed in its simplicity, the furniture as it stood.
And this is its value. 1t was essential that
we should have the facts.divested of trap
pings and gew-gaws-that We could say
thus Mr.. Lincoln looked, first of all. Then
Seward and Chase and the rest of the Cabi-
net; thus they looked and stood or sat. II
commentaries .one of the greatest and most
notable events in this nations history and
will be one of the pictures which this gem
eraticn will hang on their walls to admire
and which the next will receive as heirlooms
of untold value.
1t is published by Derby & Miller, No. 5
Spruce street, New York, and is furnished
to subscribers at the old subscription price,
although the price Of the picture Except to
subscribers) is nearly double what it first
was. So that subscribers may consider
themselves extremely fortunate in securing
artists proofs (signed) for SIS which are
now sold at $50, and India proofs for SIS
which are now held at S25. The pictures
for subscribers were received by c. ". Sar-
gent yesterday. aad are on exhibition at
his Gallery. The ~nsturalness of the picture
makes it one of the grandest achievements
OF q beautiful art.