Proclamation of Emancipation
date: label: Date made
content: 1865
name: label: depicted
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: maker
content: Hageboeck, A
label: maker
content: Pratt, W. H.
notes: label: Description
content: On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves living in areas of the nation under rebellion. This freedom ultimately relied on a Northern military victory and the Proclamation did not affect the millions of slaves living in the Border States that had not seceded. It did, however, recognize the abolition of American slavery as a stated objective of the war and allowed Africa-American men to serve as soldiers in the Union Army. This calligraphic portrait of Lincoln is composed from the words of the Proclamation arranged in an oval. Bolded words from the document form the features of the President’s visage. After Lincoln’s assassination, calligraphic portraits such as this one and other works containing reference to the proclamation were in high demand. This 1865 portrait was designed by Augustus Hageboeck and William H. Pratt. Hageboeck, probably a German immigrant, operated a lithographic shop with his brother in Davenport, Iowa, where they specialized in panoramic views of Midwest cities. W. H. Pratt was born in Massachusetts in 1822, but in 1857, moved with his family to Davenport, Iowa. He headed the Davenport Commercial College, where he taught penmanship, a skill he demonstrated in his execution of this work. In 1867, he helped organize the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, often including his own engravings in his scientific publications.
label: Description
content: <P>To view the original text of the Emancipation Proclamation <A HREF ='http://www.nara.gov/exhall/featured-document/eman/emanproc.html'> Click Here.</A></P>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Iowa, Davenport
topic: label: Subject
content: Communication, letter writing
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1860-1869
label: Subject
content: Reform Movements
label: Subject
content: Blacks
label: referenced
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Civil War Prints
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2624
label: catalog number
content: 60.2624
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 12 1/4 in x 9 in; 31.115 cm x 22.86 cm