(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Large-format photograph of the proposed Freedman's National Monument.
(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Large-format photograph of the proposed Freedman's National Monument. Albumen photograph, 7 x 9½ inches, on original 13¾ x 17½-inch printed mount with measurements of the proposed monument, estimated cost, and artist's copyright statement; minimal wear, light toning to mount; early owner's presentation inscription on verso. Boston: Frank Rowell, 1867 A photograph by Heywood of the model for a proposed monument to Lincoln and emancipation, created by Harriet G. Hosmer. Lincoln lies in state in a temple guarded by soldiers and angels. It was eventually passed aside for Thomas Ball's always-controversial Emancipation Memorial.
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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Large-format photograph of the proposed Freedman's National Monument. Albumen photograph, 7 x 9½ inches, on original 13¾ x 17½-inch printed mount with measurements of the proposed monument, estimated cost, and artist's copyright statement; minimal wear, light toning to mount; early owner's presentation inscription on verso. Boston: Frank Rowell, 1867 A photograph by Heywood of the model for a proposed monument to Lincoln and emancipation, created by Harriet G. Hosmer. Lincoln lies in state in a temple guarded by soldiers and angels. It was eventually passed aside for Thomas Ball's always-controversial Emancipation Memorial.
