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Designer
Gilman R. Russell, active 1855 - 1870
Lithographer
P. S. Duval & Son Lithography Co., active 1838 - 1869
Copy after
Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 (Photographer)
Sitter
Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
Date
1865
Type
Print
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 66cm x 41.6cm (26" x 16 3/8")
Sheet: 68cm x 55.4cm (26 3/4" x 21 13/16")
Topic
Printed Material\Document
Nature & Environment\Animal\Bird\Eagle
Symbols & Motifs\Banner
Symbols & Motifs\Symbolic Figure\Liberty
Human Figures\Enslaved person
Abraham Lincoln: Male
Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US
Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist
Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder
Portrait
Place
United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.96.118
Exhibition Label
This lithograph celebrating Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was one of several decorative prints produced in the North memorializing the signing of this historic edict on January 1, 1863.
Esta litografía celebra la Proclamación de Emancipación hecha por Lincoln. Es uno de varios grabados decorativos que se produjeron en el norte para conmemorar la firma de este edicto histórico el 1 de enero de 1863.
