Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)
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President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States until his assassination on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth, signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Issued as an executive order based on his powers as commander-in-chief, the proclamation declared that all slaves in rebellious states were free. This was a major blow to the Confederacy and transformed the American Civil War into a conflict to end the institution of slavery. This copy of the Emancipation Proclamation is one of the 26 known copies of the Leland-Boker edition. This
За това произведение
- Заглавие: Emancipation Proclamation
- Художник: Abraham Lincoln
- Година: 1864
- Формат: Portrait
- Авторско право: Обществено достояние
- Местоположение на произведението: The Abraham Lincoln Foundation of The Union League of Philadelphia
- Творчески период: Late 19th Century
- Контекст на корпуса: documentary art , union victory
- Цветова палитра: Monochrome
- Ключови думи: antique print” , “lincoln portrait” , “documentary art”