(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Abraham Lincoln. Proclamation of Emancipation.

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Abraham Lincoln. Proclamation of Emancipation. Engraving, 23½ x 19 inches; worn, several short closed tears and 2 small chips in margins, light soiling, faint dampstaining, laid down on paper. New York: R.A. Dimmick, 1864 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. Eberstadt 21.