Object Details
- Artist
- Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1822 - 1895
- Copy after
- Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 1830 - 1900
- Sitter
- Edwin McMasters Stanton, 19 Dec 1814 - 24 Dec 1869
- Salmon Portland Chase, 13 Jan 1808 - 7 May 1873
- Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
- Gideon Welles, 1 Jul 1802 - 11 Feb 1878
- Caleb Blood Smith, 16 Apr 1808 - 7 Jan 1864
- Montgomery Blair, 10 May 1813 - 27 Jul 1883
- Edward Bates, 4 Sep 1793 - 25 Mar 1869
- William Henry Seward, 16 May 1801 - 15 Oct 1872
- Exhibition Label
- Despite his personal objection to slavery, Abraham Lincoln entered the presidency pledging not to interfere with the states where it existed. To avoid alienating slaveholding border states that remained loyal to the Union, he steadfastly resisted pressure from abolitionists who urged him to make the dismantling of slavery a goal of the Civil War. But by fall 1862, Lincoln recognized that emancipation of those enslaved within Confederate-held territory was a military as well as a moral necessity.
- In September 1862, Lincoln announced that the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all enslaved people free in regions of the South still in rebellion, would take effect on January 1, 1863. Printmakers capitalized on the positive public response to Lincoln’s order by mass-producing commemorative prints. This lithograph, based on a painting in the U.S. Capitol, recreates the cabinet meeting at which Lincoln read the first draft of his proclamation.
- A pesar de su objeción personal a la esclavitud, Abraham Lincoln llegó a la presidencia prometiendo no interferir en los estados donde ya existía. Para evitar enemistarse con los estados esclavistas que seguían leales a la Unión, se resistió al reclamo abolicionista de que incluyera el fin de la esclavitud en las metas de la Guerra Civil. No obstante, ya en el otoño de 1862 reconoció que la emancipación de los esclavizados en territorios confederados era una necesidad militar y moral.
- En septiembre de 1862, Lincoln anunció que la Proclama de Emancipación, que declaraba libres a todas las personas esclavizadas en regiones sureñas todavía en rebelión, entraría en efecto el 1 de enero de 1863. Los impresores aprovecharon la positiva reacción pública para producir estampas conmemorativas en masa. Esta litografía, basada en una pintura ubicada en el Capitolio de EE.UU., recrea la reunión del gabinete en la que Lincoln leyó el primer borrador de su proclama.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1866
- Object number
- S/NPG.76.67
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Medium
- Engraving and mixed media on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 54.1 × 81.8 cm (21 5/16 × 32 3/16")
- Sheet: 70.6 × 95.5 cm (27 13/16 × 37 5/8")
- Mat: 81.3 × 101.4 cm (32 × 39 15/16")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
- On View
- NPG, East Gallery 111
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Printed Material\Book
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
- Printed Material\Document
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
- Interior\Office
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
- Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Chandelier
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
- Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill
- Artwork\Portrait
- Container\Inkwell
- William Henry Seward: Male
- William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\New York
- William Henry Seward: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
- William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Statesman
- William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\New York
- William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of State
- William Henry Seward: Politics and Government\Government official\State Senator\New York
- Caleb Blood Smith: Male
- Caleb Blood Smith: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Caleb Blood Smith: Law and Crime\Judge
- Caleb Blood Smith: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of Interior
- Caleb Blood Smith: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Indiana
- Caleb Blood Smith: Politics and Government\Government official\State Legislator\Indiana
- Montgomery Blair: Male
- Montgomery Blair: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Montgomery Blair: Law and Crime\Judge
- Montgomery Blair: Politics and Government\Government official\US Attorney
- Montgomery Blair: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster\Postmaster General\US Postmaster General
- Montgomery Blair: Politics and Government\Government official\Public official\Mayor\St. Louis, MO
- Edward Bates: Male
- Edward Bates: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Edward Bates: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\US Attorney General
- Edward Bates: Politics and Government\Statesman
- Salmon Portland Chase: Male
- Salmon Portland Chase: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
- Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of Treasury
- Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\Ohio
- Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of State
- Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\Ohio
- Salmon Portland Chase: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
- Salmon Portland Chase: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice\Chief Justice of US
- Gideon Welles: Male
- Gideon Welles: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Secretary of the Navy
- Gideon Welles: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Journalist
- Gideon Welles: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Editor
- Gideon Welles: Politics and Government\Government official\State Legislator\Connecticut
- Gideon Welles: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
- Abraham Lincoln: Male
- Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\President of US
- Abraham Lincoln: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Environmentalist
- Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Illinois
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\State Senator\Illinois
- Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
- Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Tradesman\Boat builder
- Edwin McMasters Stanton: Male
- Edwin McMasters Stanton: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\US Attorney General
- Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of War
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_S_NPG.76.67
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4157680d0-e8a0-4a6c-9ee8-4076e9fac20b
