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The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet
Alexander Hay Ritchie, (Glasgow, 1822 - 1895, New Haven, CT)
Ritchie, Alexander Hay
United States
1822 - 1895
Male
Carpenter, Francis Bicknell
United States
1830 - 1900
Male
Original artist
After
25 1/2 x 35 1/4 in. (64.8 x 89.5 cm)
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Printer's ink
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1866
1866
1866
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By 1862, many people in America and abroad were impatient for President Lincoln to act on the matter of slavery in the Confederate states. Lincoln knew that emancipating the slaves would be a politically controversial decision, yet he also believed that the time was ripe to take a moral stand. On July 22, the President read a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet.
Painter F.B. Carpenter recognized that this historical event was an important subject for a painting. He lived in the White House for six months during 1864 while he worked on the painting. He used authentic details in depicting the room where the draft was read, and used photographs produced by Matthew Brady’s studio as a reference for the figures in the painting. Alexander Ritchie later reproduced Carpenter’s work in the engraving seen on view here.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
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1991.13
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
91.13SL1
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