Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862


The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet / painted by Carpenter. Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, President Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General, and Edward Bates, Attorney General. Simon Cameron and Andrew Jackson are featured as paintings.


Size: 7253px × 4786px
Photo credit: © GL Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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