Proclamation of Emancipation.
Abraham Lincoln.
Proclamation of Emancipation.
New York: John Foster, 1865
Engraving, 21¾ x 15¾ inches; worn, foxing, laid down on early board, with a later unrelated Century Magazine "Midsummer Holiday Number" poster featuring art by Maxfield Parrish on verso mounted on verso.
The text is set in a variety of typefaces, in a border with a portrait of Lincoln and seven other vignettes--the horrors of slavery at left, the bombardment of Fort Sumter at bottom, and scenes from a prosperous united nation at right. W. Roberts was the artist and engraver, and C.A. Alvord was the printer. Second printing, after one bearing an 1864 R.A. Dimmick copyright. Eberstadt 22.
Abraham Lincoln.
Proclamation of Emancipation.
New York: John Foster, 1865
Engraving, 21¾ x 15¾ inches; worn, foxing, laid down on early board, with a later unrelated Century Magazine "Midsummer Holiday Number" poster featuring art by Maxfield Parrish on verso mounted on verso.
The text is set in a variety of typefaces, in a border with a portrait of Lincoln and seven other vignettes--the horrors of slavery at left, the bombardment of Fort Sumter at bottom, and scenes from a prosperous united nation at right. W. Roberts was the artist and engraver, and C.A. Alvord was the printer. Second printing, after one bearing an 1864 R.A. Dimmick copyright. Eberstadt 22.
