First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1864). Shown from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war (seated); Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury (standing); Abraham Lincoln; Gideon Welles, secretary of the navy (seated); Caleb Blood Smith, secretary of the interior (standing); William H. Seward, secretary of state (seated); Montgomery Blair, postmaster general (standing); Edward Bates, attorney general (seated).

---

Size: 3000px × 1849px
Photo credit: © The Syndicate / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: bates, bicknell, blair, carpenter, chase, emancipation, francis, lincoln, proclamation, reading, smith, stanton, welles